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dry
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See: jejune, languid, lifeless, pedestrian, prosaic, unproductive

DRY. Used figuratively, it signifies that which produces nothing; as, dry exchange; dry rent; rent seek.



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There wasn't a dry eye in the audience as he talked about the demolition of his home and losing everything but the clothes on his back and his backpack.
When the priest looked up after reading Flo's last love letter, there wasn't a dry eye in God's house, he said.
The concert was a lovely, memorable experience for all involved, and there wasn't a dry eye in the hall.
 
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