"Such is the way of these dry times," she told herself quietly.

Would you like to risk a month in a dry time like this?

But in dry or cold times, growth slows and the ring comes out narrow.

The leaves fall off the plant during dry times.

They can be lifesaving during dry times of the year.

Drain for the last time and pat dry with paper towels.

Something, after all this long dark dry time, something is cooking.

They had lived through a number of dry times before their sudden extinction.

In a drier time it would have connected the mainland and the island.

The harsh reality of dry times, for him, was no longer just a brown lawn.