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

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