The other woman's voice drifted, dry as dust, from the next room.

A year ago, its issue - the deficit - was talked about but seemed dry as dust.

The dark stillness inside was suddenly hot and dry as dust.

"It seems you rendered justice quickly," she said in a voice dry as dust.

For a minute his mouth was as dry as dust.

Why did the well water all evaporate in a night, and leave the dead man's bones dry as dust?

The captain felt his mouth go dry as dust.

It's dry as dust, but you could always make me laugh."

They reached the river at midnight, dry as dust.

Sweat sheathed me and my mouth was dry as dust.

Done for the county centennial, and dry as dust.

The one-world religion meeting is dry as dust, and the thing will never work anyway.

She closed her eyes briefly, felt the weariness in them, hot and dry as dust.

The presentation took half an hour and was as dry as dust.

The cave seemed to close in on her and her mouth felt dry as dust.

Her mouth and throat grew dry as dust again.

"You would wish me to become a dry as dust surgeon who thinks only of his work.

Though her mouth was dry as dust, Fiona held her ground.

"Have you ever sat at a desk from nine till five typing letters full of long words and dry as dust?"

"Cassandra has the official records, but they're dry as dust.

The titles of the medical books on the shelves were as dry as dust.

He wondered how he looked and then realized that his mouth was dry as dust.

He sat up quickly, mouth dry as dust.

The shambles of that pipe dream tasted dry as dust now.

Isabel tried to swallow, but her mouth was as dry as dust.