“The caretaker was certainly very ancient, a tight and desiccated thing from which all softness and moisture had long since been extracted.” — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“His soul, it seemed to him, was more than empty. It was desiccated, reduced to the powder of its substance and now… — Randy Attwood Copy Share Image
“Desiccated leaves spun to the forest floor and crunched beneath our feet like dead memories, reminders that summer was no more. It” — Christopher Motz Copy Share Image
“It was spring, the part of spring where the bursting is done, the held-in pressures of desiccated sap-veins and gum-sealed buds are… — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image