desolate
Example Sentences
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“The moon was really a beautiful environment. Desolate, but yet it had beauty about it,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022
Desolate street corners filled by Laker-clad prayer groups.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2020
Desolate saxophone notes weaving through a perseverating synthesizer and rapidly tapping, tapping, tapping drum machine.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2017
Desolate, she sometimes implores the telephone to ring: “Is there no one in the whole world who would like to speak to me on any matter, however trifling?”
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2016
"Desolate no longer," he answered, choosing to ignore the reproach of the phrase.
From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Vocabulary lists containing desolate
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Zilch, Zip, Nada: Words For Nothing
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