dry up
verb
dried up; drying up; dries up
: to cut off the supply of
1
: to disappear as if by evaporation, draining, or cutting off of a source of supply
2
: to wither or die through gradual loss of vitality
3
: to stop talking
Examples of dry up in a Sentence
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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The brand deals that had scaffolded her career for the past decade had dried up, and her husband lost his job.
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Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
The health of the debt market is in sharp contrast to that of regional stock exchanges, where indices are lagging the US and emerging markets and the flow of IPOs is drying up.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 30 Dec. 2025
In 2022, a promising start to the season fizzled into drought as storms dried up by mid-January — the snowpack dropped from 150% of average in early January to just 37% by April 1.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Others misfired when momentum reversed, financing dried up or leverage cut the wrong way.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
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Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
The health of the debt market is in sharp contrast to that of regional stock exchanges, where indices are lagging the US and emerging markets and the flow of IPOs is drying up.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 30 Dec. 2025
In 2022, a promising start to the season fizzled into drought as storms dried up by mid-January — the snowpack dropped from 150% of average in early January to just 37% by April 1.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Others misfired when momentum reversed, financing dried up or leverage cut the wrong way.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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