How to Use dry suit in a Sentence

dry suit

noun
  • Life jackets and vests, wet and dry suits, water skis, goggles.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Upon landing, a commuter could walk to work in the dry suit or change at, say, a gym.
    — Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Friedrich layered up with wet and dry suits plus skin pants, but his face was exposed and his lips went numb in five minutes.
    — Laura Mallonee, Wired, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The dry suit worked well, keeping me warm and dry, for the most part - but my face was in the water; my hands got cold, too.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland.com, 9 May 2018
  • The high-tech dry suits, all fail-safe zippers and rubber cuffs, can take two people to wrangle into place.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Even on pleasant days, the boat rides can be a challenge, requiring full-body fleece, dry suits and ski goggles.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Their fur is specially adapted to act as a kind of dry suit that prevents water from reaching the skin.
    — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The $1,000 dry suit is just one piece of equipment needed for the winter months.
    — Sarah Knapp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2022
  • On Monday, Williams stood on the edge of the island in a dry suit holding three of the palm-sized mussels.
    — OregonLive.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Keep warm with a wet suit, dry suit, immersion suit, survival suit or exposure coveralls.
    — oregonlive, 29 May 2021
  • Jeff Whitehouse — dressed in a neon green and black dry suit and life jacket — had the job of swimming close to 100 feet to reach her.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Greenland requires that divers be certified and have experience diving in dry suit within the past year.
    — Hannah Lang, National Geographic, 6 July 2017
  • Guests are geared up for activities in the basement muck room, where cubbies outfitted with wader boot dryers store rain jackets and dry suits.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The top layer, though, is specific to the river — a dry suit made of nylon that keeps everything underneath perfectly dry.
    — Sarah Knapp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Wearing a dry suit and tethered to the rest of the team by a rope, Harper approached the dog, lifted it out of the water and held on as they were pulled back to safety.
    — Matthew Dolan, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Wearing a dry suit and tethered to the rest of the team by a rope, Harper approached the dog, lifted it out of the water and held on as dog and brave rescuer were pulled back to safety.
    — Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Wearing a dry suit, Harper retrieved the dog from the water and held onto her as they were pulled back to safety by the crew using a tether attached to Harper.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2023
  • During the rescue, Gitto's dry suit began taking on water, exposing him to frigid ocean temperatures.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Finally, outfitted in protective equipment, including a dry suit, into the pipe the firefighter went.
    — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2021
  • On that recent morning, Mayo watched Packard disappear into the dark depths in his black dry suit and tracked the bubbles from his scuba gear as Packard made his way to the bottom.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
  • As helmets are standard on rocky stretches and dry suits assist on colder waters, drowning is still a remote possibility, which is why commercial trips and river guides still have such long waivers.
    — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Equipped with a dry suit, a member of the rescue team ventured out onto the ice and successfully rescued Monroe, bringing her safely back to shore where her owner awaited, the post said.
    — Benjamin Collins, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Design of the first dry suit is credited to Bill Barada of Los Angeles, also in the early 1950s.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Prolonged exposure to water below 75 degrees is a hypothermia risk, and the dry suits come out in September, or whenever hazardous materials might taint the water.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Chicago Fire Department Deputy District Chief Jason Lach said members of the CFD dive team would be standing by the whole time in dry suits with extra thermal layers.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Gitto, whose dry suit began taking on water during the rescue operation, was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center for treatment of acute hypothermia.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026

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