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
  • If the drought persists, who’s going to feel it the most?
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The two-plus decades drought has rippled through academia.
    — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Olivia Reeves could break the gold-medal drought in weightlifting.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 July 2024
  • These tips will help tell if your lawn is too dry to mow, and how to best care for it through drought.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2024
  • The Crusaders went on 8-minute field goal drought in first half but trailed by only 5 at the break.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 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
  • Forests are overgrown, and rising heat and drought add to the dangers.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 28 May 2024
  • This often brings drought to the southern U.S. and heavy rains in the northwest and Canada.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
  • At the same time, UC went on a scoring drought of nearly three minutes.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Parts of the country have also been dealing with drought.
    — Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg, TIME, 10 May 2024
  • Eichel just won the Cup last season, while the Sabres’ league-long playoff drought marches on.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024
  • 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
  • Although the state is not in a drought, there’s no chance of rain until the weekend in the part of New Jersey where the fire is burning.
    — Wayne Parry, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 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
  • The 39-year championship lull is the seventh-longest active drought in the sport.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Jets have the longest playoff drought in pro sports (12 years), but Rodgers isn’t afraid to openly talk about a Super Bowl.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The intrigue: There are conflicting reports about whether Philly and the region are in a drought.
    — Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The good fortune was driven largely by rain and snow that ended three years of drought.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
  • After a 4-game drought back east, Cagnoni has a 6-game point streak, with 3 goals and 6 assists, to get him back to a point-a-game player.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 29 Jan. 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 drought has become so intense that saguaros are also struggling to ensure the future of the species.
    — CBS News, 15 May 2024
  • Ryans, who was a part of the franchise's first playoff run in 2011, will look to lead the Texans out of a three-year postseason drought.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The Iron Age ushered in a 300-year drought which contributed to crop shortages and widespread famine.
    — Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023

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