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
Israel Kachuck, a onetime astronautics engineer and general contractor, bought more than 450 acres of mostly barren land in the 1960s and began planting avocado trees.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
Unicef, the UN charity for children, warned that some of the "safe" zones are "tiny patches of barren land" with no water, sanitation or shelter.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023
They have to go south to find areas of barren land that don’t have snow.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2023
Much of the park was still barren land, and the biggest building, Manufactures and Liberal Arts, was barely under way.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
