How to Use drought in a Sentence

drought

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  • The drought caused serious damage to crops.
  • Right now 50% of the region’s counties are in a D2 drought.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • The two-plus decades drought has rippled through academia.
    — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • As of Thursday’s update, extreme drought had spread across a third of the state.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
  • While not the best feeling, those droughts are still very common.
    — Women's Health, 8 May 2023
  • The persistent drought in the West raised doubts over whether there would ever be much surplus for the MWD to store.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Fears of a content drought due to the strikes that shut down the film industry were unfounded.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Over the past decade, the country has faced increasing droughts, wildfires, and heat waves.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In the longer view, though, the state’s water problems have come just as often from deluge as from drought.
    — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • Southwest drought:As the Colorado River is stretched thin, can the 100-year-old rules that divide it still work?
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
  • The scoring drought finally let up with just under three minutes to play in the first half.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2023
  • First came drought, then a period of cold, volatile weather known as the Little Ice Age.
    — Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The Iron Age ushered in a 300-year drought which contributed to crop shortages and widespread famine.
    — Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Floods, droughts and storms have battered African countries.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This is good news for both the short-term drought concerns and the long-term battle against widespread drought, AccuWeather said.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Ndu drilled a 3-pointer from the wing to give the Hawks their first lead early in the fourth as Long Reach underwent a near three-minute scoring drought.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Give it a good soak during extreme or prolonged drought.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
  • And if that’s not enough, smoke from wildfires, floods and droughts have caused problems globally.
    — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • Soaking rain to diminish drought Just a few weeks ago, drought was still a major concern across the area.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Now, thanks to years of drought and the effects of climate change, the usual river deficit has grown into a full-scale crisis.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2023
  • The pace of big droughts has accelerated from once every 20 years to two per decade.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Wisconsin experienced a record drought last summer, and much of the state is in drought again now.
    — Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The Lions are trying to axe the longest playoff drought in the four major pro sports in North America.
    — Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Roots will begin growing in the thatch layer and will be more susceptible to drought stress.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • Land degradation or drought affect 169 countries, with Asia and Africa the hardest-hit.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Arizona drought:What's the status of water's future in Arizona?
    — The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2023
  • The declining number and size of ephemeral ponds during drought years, plus nest predators like racoons and skunks take their toll.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In eastern Spain, where a three-year drought has continued into 2024, the lack of water has reached dire levels.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Scientists have used this approach to examine not just heat waves, but droughts, storms and cold spells, too.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • Now the river’s users must agree to dramatic cuts, as the river has been diminished by climate change and drought.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2023

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