dust-dry

As he entered, he pulled a packet of red dust from his belt; Ruumahum was already scraping some of the dust-dry gall lining into a pile near the opening they had made.

Shopgirls Frederick Barthelme 2010

A creosote bush can obtain water from soil that feels dust-dry to the touch.

Adaptations of desert plants 2009

Meanwhile, on the bench the justices behave like a continuing constitutional convention, second-guessing elected officials on issues from school discipline to the outcome of the 2000 election, while leaving unresolved important, if dust-dry, legal questions that are largely invisible to the public.

Of Clerks and Perks 2006

Bringing back nuclear power to the Pacific Northwest has been such a taboo subject in political circles that you would think the rivers would have to run dust-dry before the topic is accepted at wine parties in Magnolia.

Follow the Democratic Rules Committee meeting online 2008

Meanwhile, on the bench the justices behave like a continuing constitutional convention, second-guessing elected officials on issues from school discipline to the outcome of the 2000 election, while leaving unresolved important, if dust-dry, legal questions that are largely invisible to the public.

Of Clerks and Perks 2006

The setting was unmistakably Egyptian: a conference hall framed by the sparkling Red Sea on one side, and the vast, dust-dry Sinai on the other.

No Peace In The Streets 2008

My throat had gone dust-dry and I couldn't speak or swallow.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

Cuthbert's voice was dust-dry and shaky at the edges.

Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

He licked his parched lips with a dust-dry tongue, tasting the rust of blood.

Curse of the Shadowmage Anthony, Mark, 1966- 1995

The man in the cockpit was u dust-dry mummy wearing a padded leather vest and a helmet with a spike on top.

The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991