barren land
Example Sentences
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Several cattle grazed in the distance, but the barren land by the road seemed abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
However, there has been a growing chorus of disapproval around the Band Aid project, with critics highlighting the song's patronising portrayal of Africa as a barren land that needed rescuing by Western intervention.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 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That has been replaced by a bulldozed stretch of barren land connected to the mainland and fortified with razor wire.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
Instead, the young mother found barren land, overcrowding and scant resources at Dadaab, one of the world's largest refugee camps and home to 300,000 people.
From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2023
Lagoons existed now where once there had been barren land.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
