Examples of use of run dry
1. If Britains streets are not to run dry, the bureaucrats must provide a reprieve.
2. There are sinks and toilets with no seats, but the pipes often run dry.
3. They see pumps run dry and are desperate to fill their tanks up.
4. Costs change: Wells have to be pumped harder, or they run dry.
5. When the pipes run dry, villagers get water from a dirty spring.