How to Use "Dry" with Example Sentences

dry (v): take out the water out of something

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Used with adverbs:

"The paint must completely dry before we hang any pictures."
(completely, properly, thoroughly)

"Make sure to carefully dry your fingernails after you paint them."
(carefully)

"This paint dries quickly."
(quickly, rapidly, slowly)

"I like to dry my hair naturally."
(naturally)

"The wet wood needs to dry off."
(off, out, overnight)

dry (adj): not wet; does not have any moisture

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Used with verbs:

"This seat is dry."
(be: is/am/are, feels, looks, seems)

"Try to keep dry."
(keep, remain, stay)

"Pat the meat dry before grilling."
(pat)

"She rubbed her child's hair dry."
(rubbed, toweled)

"This cut should be kept dry."
(kept)

Used with adverbs:

"The chicken was extremely dry."
(extremely, very, really, quite, a little, slightly)

"The paint is completely dry."
(completely, perfectly, totally)

"Your clothes are almost dry."
(almost, nearly)

"The weather is supposed to stay mostly dry."
(mostly, mainly)

"She was barely dry before she got wet again."
(barely, hardly)

Used with nouns:

"I'm not used to this dry climate."
(climate, air, weather, heat)

"The desert is dry."
(desert, earth, food, season, ground, paint, sand)

"I need a dry sponge."
(sponge, cloth, towel)

"I have a dry throat."
(throat, cough)