barren
Example Sentences
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Under a contentious deal inked with Australia this year, the island nation will provide 30-year visas for up to 350 immigrants -- many convicted of serious crimes -- for resettlement on the barren atoll.
From Barron's
Of course, someone at the network might have surveyed the competition in the drama categories and seen a barren landscape, ripe for the taking.
From Los Angeles Times
He accused Israel of using white phosphorous among other ammunition and of wanting to render the area barren and abandoned.
From BBC
She went to the barren desert kingdom in the dead heat of summer; colleagues thought she was nuts.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2020, a three-sided metal monolith, about 10 to 12 feet tall, was found at the base of a barren slot canyon in Red Rock Country in Utah.
From New York Times
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