How To Use Dry run In A Sentence

Pumps do not tolerate dry running.
SANCHEZ: If ever there's been an appropriate use of the term dry run, this is it. CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2007
An initial ‘dry run’ to ensure correct alignment before the automated cutting process begins at the plasma cutter.
Please hurry up command to save at least half an hour for other dry run.
ANNIE JACOBSON, AUTHOR, "TERROR IN THE SKIES": Well, you know, I like your use of the term dry run, and, of course, the president used that term over the weekend. CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2006

It's difficult to escape the feeling that this production is just a dry run to iron out the wrinkles for the rose-tinted gaze of an Irish-American audience.
In fact, your good buddy JD did a dry run earlier, and I'll tell you how.
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The competition is planned as a dry run for the World Cup finals.
The competition is planned as a dry run for the World Cup finals.
SANCHEZ (voice-over): If ever there's been an appropriate use of the term dry run, this is it. CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2009
Representative Spallone has indicated that he will push for passage this term, and would like to implement EDR this year in time for the municipal elections, as adry run before a statewide and congressional election year. Connecticut Local Politics
It threw a spotlight on rumours and warnings of terrorists carrying out ‘dry runs’ for future hijackings.
The competition is planned as a dry run for the World Cup finals.
Firstly it was a ‘dry run’, attacking a largely abandoned site in a quick in-and-out operation that would serve as a learning exercise for bigger raids to come.
The competition is planned as a dry run for the World Cup finals.
Both the parties are treating the local elections as a dry run.