desolately
Example Sentences
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Villeneuve and cinematographer Greig Fraser present the Harkonnen world in stark black-and-white, a contrast to the noble Atreides’ verdant home planet of Caladan and the desolately beautiful Arrakis inhabited by the fierce and resilient Fremen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
I wrote back to the Chandler estate to ask whether its executors might consider my making Marlowe old, alone and desolately marooned in the year 1988.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
Five hours later, I was staring desolately at Mom’s face when her eyes popped open.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2017
Jagu wails desolately, like a child who is being punished for a transgression that he does not understand.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2016
No one was abroad at this nearly midnight hour, and nothing was open except a string of desolately brilliant service stations.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
