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
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
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
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
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