Antonym: wet. Similar words: ought to, through, roughly, a thought, go through, thorough, all through, get through. Meaning: [draʊt] n. 1. a shortage of rainfall 2. a prolonged shortage.
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151. Keating and state weather officials said at least 5 inches is needed in the wheat belt to end the drought.
152. Prices are rising because of a drought and the escalating cost of grain for cattle feed.
153. A four-year drought in East Anglia and extra demands for water from a burgeoning local population have lowered the water table.
154. The most immediate threat remains the current drought and the danger of a flood of refugees.
155. A serious drought in early 1989 affected agricultural crops, in particular paddy rice and jute.
156. The earth in the flower bed in front of the window was grey and powdery, the result of several weeks of drought.
157. This is useful, because by comparing previous drought years like 1976,(www.Sentencedict.com) you can draw a lot of conclusions.
158. In this country that has been ravaged by civil war even more than by drought, security is shaky.
159. She would have welcomed a raging tempest or a blistering drought - anything to relieve the endless tedium of her situation.
160. Kansas was emptied by the drought and the white winter, Nevada by irrigation companies gone defunct.
161. Worms are a staple diet and these have been in short supply due to the summer drought.
162. By the end of the 1980s, drought had again intensified the need for emergency relief.
163. The famine was caused by drought, which led to widespread crop failure.
164. Philip Holmes is keeping it topped up with water during the drought conditions.
165. A severe drought has caused most of the corn crop to fail.
166. He also ordered the government to buy more school lunch beef to bolster cattle prices, now plummeting because of a drought.
167. One year the burden might be drought, another a good harvest, and so on.
168. Neighboring Nelson and Walsh counties also suffered millions of dollars in crop damage from the storms -- and drought.
169. Years of drought, crop failure and migration have meant that land is continually withdrawn from active production.
170. The country is in the depths of a recession, made worse by the worst drought in living memory.
171. They must be kept evenly moist in drought with the garden hose.
172. However, prolonged drought, and in Matebeleland armed conflict, have limited its effectiveness.
173. But water chiefs were still saying we have not got over the drought.
174. Some have gone to expats, causing a property boom and a total drought of flats for rent.
175. The remaining trees are stressed, not only from the fire but from a record drought in central Arizona.
176. For all the woes that assailed us during the drought, I was happy, much happier than would have seemed possible.
177. And please, do not dramatise the drought in the Horn.
178. There has been a sharp rise in infant mortality since the drought began.
179. The drought has affected more than a million people in Henan and 280,000 head of livestock.
180. But then the village is hit by a devastating drought.
More similar words: ought to, through, roughly, a thought, go through, thorough, all through, get through, throughout, cut through, put through, thoroughly, fall through, run through, come through, pass through, pull through, look through, break through, carry through, at the thought of, follow through, round and round, dough, though, enough, although, as though, daughter, even though.