How to Use high and dry in a Sentence

high and dry

adjective

• Of course, the Padres weren’t about to leave Fort Wayne high and dry up the middle.
  — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Aug. 2017
• Don’t mind a thick sole so long as your feet stay high and dry?
  — Iona Brannon, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Jan. 2022
• That way, if one source breaks down, you won’t be left high and dry.
  — Valery Kurilov, Forbes, 5 July 2021
• Their homes will be left high and dry when the reservoir is drained.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• When the lockdown happened the labour force was left high and dry.
  — S Gopikrishna Warrier, Quartz India, 3 May 2020
• The residents and staff were high and dry on the second floor.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 31 Aug. 2017
• Today, the Argus is still high and dry, with no launch date in sight.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Failure to show the right ones can leave a company high and dry.
  — Zenger News, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• Don't take chances – get the right vaccine passport, or you could be left high and dry.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2021
• Across the street, 5-year-old Naomi Sanchez sat high and dry in a covered wagon.
  — Zach Despart, Houston Chronicle, 4 July 2018
• Below, shop 11 heeled boots that will keep you high and dry all winter.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2019
• About twice that number, 2,066 restaurants, were left high and dry.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 Dec. 2021
• One place that will remain high and dry is Riverfront Park’s splash pad.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2020
• Derek was going to walk out on Meredith and leave her high and dry and what was that going to mean?
  — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2021
• The once bustling area is now surrounded by parched soil, with many boathouses high and dry.
  — Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
• This doesn’t mean kids should quit thoughtlessly or in a way that leaves teammates high and dry.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• When morning came, there was a huge hue and cry as the theft of half the 200 gifts was discovered, leaving adults high and dry.
  — Liz Hardaway, ExpressNews.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• The Indian pythons, unlike the Burmese pythons, prefer high and dry grounds, the report said.
  — Fox News, 27 Aug. 2018
• Once submerged and now high and dry, Robert Smithson’s land-art work has become a symbol of the lake’s health.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 June 2022
• Used my voice, used my sound, used the culture, and literally just left me high and dry.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 Aug. 2022
• This week’s rain has helped drought conditions for some — but others have been left high and dry again.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 10 Oct. 2019
• Calls that pass the bar usually belong to large males, leaving the little guys high and dry.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2020
• But guests in balconies aren’t left totally high and dry.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• This introduced a strong plot line for a third season, but now we're being left high and dry.
  — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• Gaslighter is still postponed to a later, unknown date, but the Dixie Chicks aren't leaving us high and dry.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2020
• Petnet is far from the first device or service to leave customers high and dry with complaints.
  — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2020
• Neither is more in the wrong than the other; the only thing that's unfair is that one of them has someone else to go to, while the other is left high and dry.
  — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2019
• As with all things in SEO, optimizing only for the search engine can leave your users high and dry.
  — Sarah Bird, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• Lodging books early, prices surge, rental cars run out, and those who fail to plan in advance are often left high and dry—or forced to spend a small fortune.
  — Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
• The obvious way to do this is to provide a lifeline to a Ukrainian military that could once again be left high and dry by the United States, and the best lifeline would be European soldiers.
  — Alex Crowther, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Oct 2024