barren land
Example Sentences
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Reaching the store requires a 50-mile trek from Phoenix through barren land dotted by cactuses and the occasional sign warning of blowing dust.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
It’s just that, as one neighbor put it, barren land attracts negative activity.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Since the war began the market has expanded across the barren land on a desert road out of Omdurman, attracting the poorest of the poor with its low prices.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024
That has been replaced by a bulldozed stretch of barren land connected to the mainland and fortified with razor wire.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023
And then I turned a corner and, right in the middle of that barren land, I saw a cluster of mud houses, beyond them nothing but broad sky and mountains like jagged teeth.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
