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Drought
"Drought" in a Sentence (18 examples)
The long drought was followed by famine.
Many peasants died during the drought.
In the drought, many people and animals starved to death.
Unless it rains in Ethiopia soon, there could be severe drought problems.
The drought damaged all the crops there.
This year the region has been hit by a severe drought.
The unprecedented drought did severe damage to the wheat harvest.
Many trees died during the long drought.
The prolonged drought did severe damage to crops.
Because of the drought, the grass has withered.
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His village had faced a drought twice.
The weather looked like drought―a thoroughly wicked drought; if the rain did not come before long, their crops would be burnt up.
Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.
Kane had been going through something of a drought by his own standards. His previous England goal came 500 days ago, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, and his header in Tirana ended a run of 496 minutes without scoring.
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
The consequences are, that a few days of severe drought, in the early parts of summer, or even when the grain is ripening, is sometimes fatal to the crop on moss.
The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain.
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