How do you use the word "arid" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "arid" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "arid": Exporting water from an arid country to the rainy Europe is pure folly. It is an arid region, almost a desert.

Arid Meaning

/ˈæɹɪd/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjVery dry.

adjDescribing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.

Sentence Examples

Exporting water from an arid country to the rainy Europe is pure folly.

It is an arid region, almost a desert.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

dry dull

Antonyms:

wet

CEFR Practice Quiz

Only cacti and hardy shrubs survive in the ____ desert climate.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ climate of the desert means that very few plants can grow there.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti Proto-Italic *āzēō Latin āreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin āriduslbor. French arideder. ▲ Latin āridusder. English arid From French aride or directly from Latin āridus (“dry, arid, parched”), compare its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb āreo (“to be dry, to be parched”), akin to ārdeō (“to be on fire, to burn”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And because this part of Utah is arid, the geologic landscape is fully revealed with very little vegetation to hide it, faults and all." — 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:

"Once a livestock hub, Abilene has become an AI boomtown. Its arid outskirts are home to the flagship campus of Stargate, the data-center partnership between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank heralded by Trump in January." — 2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time:

"Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties." — 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37:

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