Examples of use of running dry
1. At a filling station a few miles west of the village, fuel reserves are running dry.
2. Now as global warming swells the Thames perilously, Thames Water is running dry.
3. Petrol stations in parts of the South East have been running dry as suppliers struggle to reorganise their distribution networks.
4. Now, amid one of the worst droughts on record, all three places feel uncomfortably close to running dry.
5. But after six hours on a car–choked freeway and with his gas tank quickly running dry, he turned around.