The waters from the fountain surrounded the dry patch of land upon which he stood.

A lighthouse that had been standing on land is now 400 yards from the nearest dry patch of earth.

It is best to carry out this exercise in the home, or on a dry patch of grass, so that the dog can rest happily.

When the play reaches its dry patches after intermission, it's obvious why.

But if the show has its dry patches, on the whole it is very diverting.

There were dry patches in her phrasing, and notes not placed quite as she wanted them.

There is no spatial correlation between the dry patches that develop.

If only he could have found a dry patch!

There wasn't a dry patch left on her paper napkin.

By the middle of 2004, she said, she hit a dry patch at work and could not pay her rent, which had increased to $815.