barren
Example Sentences
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The terrain might look dry, dusty and seems rather barren, but it's far from that.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Understanding how this wetter world transformed into the barren landscape we see now remains a major question in planetary science.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
Jerry Brown stood on brown, barren slopes of the Sierra Nevada to watch scientists measure the most meager snowpack in history.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Dawn had broken when Gwydion halted at the edge of a barren field.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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