Drier Sentence Examples

The rivers are many, even on the drier eastern coast.

South of the Bermejo the land is more elevated and drier, though large depressions covered with marshy lagoons are to be found, similar to those farther north.

The Prairie States.The originally treeless prairies of the upper Mississippi basin began in Indiana and extended westward and north-westward until they merged with the drier region described Leyond as the Great Plains.

The Sierra Madre crosses the southern part of the state parallel with the coast, separating the low, humid, forested districts on the frontier of Tabasco from the hot, drier, coastal plain on the Pacific. The mountain region includes a plateau of great fertility and temperate climate, which is one of the best parts of Mexico and contains the larger part of the population of the state.

The climate of the delta is cooler and more temperate than in Upper Burma, and this is shown in the fairer complexion and stouter physique of the people of the lower province as compared with the inhabitants of the drier and hotter upper districts as far as Bhamo, where there is a great infusion of other types of the TibetoBurman family.

On the east coast the same fertility is seen with less forest, and, round Hawkes Bay, a hotter and drier summer.

The red larch grows usually on higher and drier ground, ranging from the Virginian mountains to the shores of Hudson Bay; the black larch is found often on moist land, and even in swamps.

Owing to the prevalent dry easterly winds from the arid plains of north Australia, Timor, like Ombay, Flores and other neighbouring islands, has a much drier climate, and a poorer vegetation, than islands further west, and has few perennial streams and no considerable rivers.

There is much rain in the Futa Jallon highlands, but the Niger basin is somewhat drier.

An optional fleece lining keeps the skin even drier.

The feathers and wings of birds are still drier and thinner leaves.

But these pastures have been much damaged by the Provencal shepherds to whom they are let out, while the forests have been very much thinned (though extensive reafforestments are now being carried out) so that the soil is very dry and made drier by exposure to the southern sun.

In the extreme north and south the climate is a warm temperate one, the northern countries being on the whole hotter and drier than those in the southern zone; the south of the continent being narrower than the north, the influence of the surrounding ocean is more felt.

The wide heated plains of the Sahara, and in a lesser degree the corresponding zone of the Kalahari in the south, have an exceedingly scanty rainfall, the winds which blow over them from the ocean losing part of their moisture as they pass over the outer highlands, and becoming constantly drier owing to the heating effects of the burning soil of the interior; while the scarcity of mountain ranges in the more central parts likewise tends to prevent condensation.

The rainfall zones are, however, somewhat deflected from a due west-to-east direction, the drier northern conditions extending southwards along the east coast, and those of the south northwards along the west.

The greater part of the Maremma now affords pasture to large herds of horses and half-wild cattle, but on the drier parts corn is grown, the people coming down from the hills to sow and to reap. The hill country just inland, especially near Volterra, has poor soil, largely clayey, and subject to landslips, but is rich in minerals.

The climate is much drier than that of Chiapas, and the structures are in a better state of preservation than those of Palenque, but the rank vegetation and the decay of the wooden lintels over the doorways have broken down many of the walls.

Cherry laurel are widely present on the drier surface.

The Rydal Wetland has much alder, willow and birch which produce their own special fungi, with oak around the drier edges.

The main auger runs in a bottom well which should last the life of the drier.

Despite the cold, my back felt clammy under the layers of clothing, and my mouth was drier than a witch's tit.

A fully equipped kitchen with oven, fridge/freezer, washing machine/tumble drier, microwave.

The crawl didn't get any drier, in fact in places there was a distinct lack of air.

The drying can be made quicker using a hot air drier.

There is an outdoor drying area with rotary drier.

The northern sides of islands are more sheltered and much drier than the south eastern sides.

The washing machine & tumble drier are housed in a separate utility room.

The washer drier is located in the boiler room.

From the late fifties the mill was used just for rearing pigs, garaging farm machinery, and housing the grain drier.

A 12 ton OPICO batch drier should remove around 5% moisture from 6 tons of wheat in an hour.

These fen vegetation types grade into fen vegetation types grade into fen meadow on the drier ground behind.

We also need lacing eyes for bow and stern fenders and Maureen wants a socket for a Rotary drier.

I am at a standstill at present both are wearing pull-ups, now weather is drier it is time to start again.

In the drier areas you can find foxglove, wood sage, bluebell and other woodland species.

Day 8 Today we depart early, heading for progressively drier thorn savanna in this remote southern section of Ethiopia.

That he's just trying to slip a dead skunk into the tumble drier.

Drier, open grassy banks in the wood are dotted with white stitchwort.

Some of the drier meadows are cut for hay in late summer.

Water shortages and droughts will also become more common as global climatic changes leave us with wetter winters and drier summers.

Where many management books are drier than a diver's underpants this has a freshness and zing about it.

The vent for the tumble drier also looks unsightly!

The flora includes reeds, rushes and sedges along with drier grassland species such as meadow vetchling.

Climate change is affecting and will continue to affect London, as our summers become hotter and drier and our winters wetter.

On the west, with the drier climate, the forest is less luxuriant and dense, and the hill-sides and the valleys better cultivated.

Peculiar forms of Leguminosae also prevail, and these, with many of the other plants of the southern and drier regions of Siberia, or of the colder regions of the desert tracts of Persia and Afghanistan, extend into Tibet, where the extreme drought and the hot (nearly vertical) sun combine to produce a summer climate not greatly differing from that of the plains of central Asia.

The most common species in the alluvial regions and, to a less degree, in the drier portions of the swamps and in the stream bottoms of the prairies are various oaks, black, sweet and tupelo gum, holly, cotton-wood, poplar, magnolia sweet bay, the tulip tree, catalpa, black walnut, pecans, hickories, ash, beech and short-leaf pine.

The first wine, which is termed the vin de te'te, is generally the sweetest and finest, the next (called the milieu) being somewhat drier and the last (vin de queue) being the least valuable.

Richard Shackleton was endowed with a grave, pure and tranquil nature, constant and austere, yet not without those gentle elements that often redeem the drier qualities of his religious persuasion.

The drier Priestley-Belsham type of Unitarianism, bound up with a determinist philosophy, was gradually modified by the influence of Channing (see below), whose works were reprinted in numerous editions and owed a wide circulation to the efforts of Robert Spears (1825-1899).

Their skin is a lot drier and oilier due to higher sebum levels and high moisture evaporation rates.

That he 's just trying to slip a dead skunk into the tumble drier.

Heavy thundery showers on Saturday will be followed by a drier, less hot day on Sunday.

Yellow flowered tormentil can be found in the drier areas.

Where many management books are drier than a diver 's underpants this has a freshness and zing about it.

The vent for the tumble drier also looks unsightly !

Climate models predict that Northern Ireland will see warmer wetter winters, with drier summers.

Women with oily skin should use oil-free foundations, while women with drier skin will benefit from a foundation that includes moisturizing elements.

Very damp and humid atmospheres will require a more powerful dehumidifier than drier environments.

The drier your treat is, the more intense its flavor and the harder it will become.

The design of front loaders allows them to spin faster than top loaders, not only cutting down on time spent, which is great for someone who has a lot of laundry to do, but it means that the clothes are that much drier when they come out.

If you have the space to install a closet where you can hang items as they come out of the drier, do so.

A washable area rug solves this problem by allowing you to place it directly inside your washing machine and drier.

In addition to being able to withstand the agitation of a washing machine and drier, a washable rug contains several other attributes most standard area rugs do not.

Toss them in your drier, or hang them in direct sunlight; while a traditional area rug may take days to dry out, washable rugs are done in hours.

Feel - A creamy soft lipstick that sits nicely on even drier lips.

For drier skin, spritz on some water to help set the mineral powders.

The application was a little drier than the non-waterproof version, which took some getting used to, but it was no big deal.

Resorts in California get pounded with Sierra Cement, or dense snow with high water content, while resorts in Utah and Colorado enjoy drier snow, called Champagne Powder.

They don't have a sweet taste as traditional chocolate does because no sugar is added, and because they are commonly roasted, their texture is much drier and crispier than creamy chocolate.

It is not so handsome as Emodi, but will grow in drier places, and its glossy, wrinkled leaves, borne umbrella-like on a long bare stem, are distinct and interesting.

R. Mariana is even scarcer in this country than R. virginica, and less important, growing in drier places.

At Glasnevin, where it was originally planted in a small bog, it spread up a bank on one side and established itself among the roots of ferns growing there; it appears to like rather drier conditions than C. plantaginea.

It grows well in a moist, sandy, peaty border, and in the drier parts of boggy ground.

This natural rubber 1-inch inner core with a layer of fire-resistant natural wool keeps baby drier.

You'll need to judge how much liquid to use, since very juicy strawberries need less liquid, while drier berries may need a touch more.

It is a good companion to oregano, but shouldn't be planted near sage since sage prefers a drier soil.

The longer the raincoat, the drier you will stay.

For fall and winter - Heavier fabrics will keep you drier and darker colors will look cleaner longer than lighter-weight, lighter-toned colors.

However, you'll stay much drier than if you had on no raincoat or rain pants at all.

It often becomes drier and for many older women, it thins out due to genetics, illness or medication.

Eastern Oregon is much drier than the west side of the state, because mountain ranges block weather systems from the coast and keep the area but warmer and drier.

Drier wines have fewer calories, so try a glass of Pinot Grigio (or Pinot Gris) or Sauvignon Blanc.

The longer the skin ferments, the more color and intense flavors it will infuse, resulting in a drier and less sweet wine.

Well, sleeping cots keep your body away from the cold wet ground, ensuring a warmer, drier sleep.

The difference between the two, other than the claws, is that the meat of the rock lobster is drier, coarser, and has less flavor but this does not mean that it is not enjoyable.

As hair follicles age, they generate hair that is not only lower in pigmentation, but also that is drier and coarser than more youthful hair.

The end result is straight hair, but it will likely feel drier than your normal curly hair.

This automatically makes a blanket far cleaner and drier, as well as free of sand.

Whichever camp you're in, one thing is certain, hot air popped popcorn is drier and doesn't require the use of oil.

Premature carving will release the trapped juices and leave the roast or chicken drier than had you waited to carve.

Older skin tends to be drier than it was during youth, so regular moisturizing can keep your tattoo from looking tired.

Technical fabrics can help keep you cooler while you work out and wick away moisture to keep you feeling drier and prevent chafing.

This will keep your skin drier and help the fabric to glide over your skin with more ease.

People with dry skin may put so many emollient products on that it causes acne or makes the skin drier on its own.

However, adult skin tends to be drier, so drying treatments aren't always a good idea.

Likewise, anyone with dry hair might consider using this solely as a body wash given its occasional tendency to encourage drier strands.

If you have occasional or regular acne and you recently turned 30, you may have noticed that your skin has become drier in some places and oilier in others.

Table XIII., in which the totals for the United Kingdom include those for the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, illustrates the preponderance of the sheep-breeding industry in the drier climate of Great Britain, and of the cattle-breeding industry in the more humid atmosphere of Ireland.

On the south bank, owing to better natural drainage and a drier subsoil, movement was fairly easy, but the Austrians found it almost impossible.

Some harder varieties, known as stone osiers and raised on drier upland soils, are peeled and used for fine work.

Along parts of their eastern border, where the rainfall is a little increased by the approach of the westerly winds to the Rocky Mountains, there is a belt of very deep, impalpably fine soil, supposed to be a dust deposit brought from the drier parts of the plains farther west; excellent crops of wheat are here raised.

Above Yale, in the drier part of the Fraser valley, the absence of rain results in the same character of flora, while in the rainy districts of the lower Fraser the vegetation is so luxuriant that it resembles that of the tropics.

While in flower, orchids may with advantage be removed to a drier and cooler situation, and may be utilized in the drawing-room or boudoir.

The right bank is generally higher, drier, more fertile and more populated;han the left.

But higher up the valley, and especially north of Pegu, the country is drier, and is characterized by a less luxuriant vegetation and a retarded and more scanty rainfall.

The forests, though occasionally very dense, as in the Western Ghats, are usually drier and more open than those of the Malayan type, and are often scrubby.

The most important timber trees are the tu'n (Cedrela Toona), sdl (Shorea robusta), the present area of which forms two belts separated by the Gangetic plain; satin wood (Chloroxylon Swietenia), common in the drier parts of the peninsula; sandalwood, especially characteristic of Mysore; iron-wood (Mesua ferrea), and teak (Tectona grandis).

These hurricanes generally last about eight hours, but they appear to be less frequent and violent than in former times, owing, it is thought, to the destruction of the ancient forests and the consequent drier condition of the atmosphere.

Hence some stalactites have their tips under water long enough to allow tassels of crystals to grow on them, which, in a drier season, are again coated over with stalactitic matter; and thus singular distortions are occasioned.

The Andes, although much broken in these latitudes, also exert a modifying influence on these eastern districts, sheltering them from the cold westerly storms and giving them a drier climate.

On the eastern side of the Cordillera, in the extreme south, the climate is drier and open, and grassy plains are found, but on the western side the dripping forests extend from an altitude of moo to 1500 ft.

The wood is very hard and abounds with resin, but on swampy land is of inferior quality and of little value except for fuel, for which the pitch-pine is highly prized; on drier ground the grain is fine from the numerous knots.

The vegetation of the western part of the plain and of the hottest zone of the western mountains thus becomes closely allied to, or almost identical with, that of the drier parts of the Indian peninsula, more especially of its hilly portions; and, while a general tropical character is preserved, forms are observed which indicate the addition of an Afghan as well as of an African element, of which last the gay lily Gloriosa superba is an example, pointing to some.

On the drier and higher mountains of the interior of the chain, the forests become more open, and are spread less uniformly over the hill-sides, a luxuriant herbaceous vegetation appears, and the number of shrubby Leguminosae, such as Desmodium and Indigofera, increases, as well as Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Umbelliferae, Labiatae, Gramineae, Cyperaceae and other European genera.

As with other plants growing near water it keeps its leaves longer than do trees in drier situations, and the glossy green foliage lasting after other trees have put on the red or brown of autumn renders it valuable for landscape effect.

The drier southern slopes are quite devoid of arboreal vegetation.

The lowland plain becomes drier to the south, with almost year round drought near the Argentine border.

Lester showed us a slide of his spin drier in action spinning out heather honey.

My real gripe is against the hot air hand drier.

On drier land, several dozen harriers competed in the popular Abbey Dash.

There is a large utility room housing the washing machine and drier, freezer, a second fridge, and a downstairs lavatory.

The middle zone, called the caa.tinga or agreste region, has a drier climate and lighter vegetation.

Still, the reindeer frequents it for its lichens, and on the drier slopes of the moraine deposits there occur four species of lemming, hunted by the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus).

The impenetrable shady forests of the Malay peninsula and eastern Bengal, of the west coast of the Indian peninsula, and of Ceylon, offer a strong contrast to the more loosely-timbered districts of the drier regions of central India and the north-western Himalaya.

Vegetation ascends on the drier and less snowy mountain slopes of Tibet to above 18,00o ft.

As the excavation of the valley proceeded, the level of the stream was lowered and its course diverted; the cave consequently became drier and was far more frequently inhabited by predatory animals.

On drier and higher soils are the persimmon, sassafras, red maple, elm, black haw, hawthorn, various oaks (in all 10 species occur), hickories and splendid forests of longleaf and loblolly yellow pine.

It is admitted, however, by all competent botanists that the almond is wild in the hotter and drier parts of the Mediterranean and Levantine regions.

In the drier parts the Scotch fir (Pinus sylvestris) makes its appearance.

The works as subsequently maintained by the Thames Conservancy ensure an efficient head of water during the drier seasons of the year, and facilitate the escape of winter floods.

At the Restoration, pulpit oratory in England became drier, less picturesque and more sententious.

South of the sierras, however, the climate is much drier and hotter.

When used on light dry land it tends to make the land drier, since it destroys the humus which so largely assists in keeping water in the soil.

The proportion of this residue is greatest in the more anthracitic or drier coals, but a more valuable product is yielded by those richer in hydrogen.

The moon-god Sin appears on an inscription of Shahwat; but, according to Hamdani, Haubas, " the drier," was the Sabaean moon-god.

European fruit trees and vines flourish in certain localities, while in the drier regions the Australian wattle, gum trees and pepper trees have been introduced with success.

The tierra caliente zone of the coast is tropical, humid, and unfavourable to Europeans, while the inland plateaus vary from subtropical to temperate and are generally drier and healthful.

In their interior fittings plant stoves require more care than greenhouses, which are much drier, and in which consequently the staging does not so soon decay.

On the other hand, the climates of the east are dry, because the surface is lower and more level; and the breezes borne thither from the west, being robbed of most of their superabundant moisture in crossing the western hills, are drier and precipitate a greatly diminished rainfall.

The tropical forest is characterized by the trees of the hotter and drier parts of southern India, combined with a few of European type.

In like manner several of the western forms suited to drier climates find their eastern limit in Kumaon.

The tarai, or the forest and marshy tracts along the southern slopes of the Himalayas, gradually merge within the district into drier land, the beds of the streams become deeper and more marked, the marshes disappear, and the country assumes the ordinary appearance of the plain of the Ganges.

There is hardly any seasonal change to be observed, and the dampness of the climate causes the heat to be more oppressive than are higher temperatures in drier climates.

We're drain­ing him drier than a prune.