barren land
Example Sentences
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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
She looks at the stretching salt flats, and the water that has breathed life into their barren land.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024
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
The water can be pumped onto barren land — storm or not — and allowed to sink into the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 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
