barrenness

Example Sentences

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The barrenness and isolation of the landscape are reflected in Lawrence’s performance, which is why her earthly physicality is so well-matched for the film.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

A mega drought across the Western U.S. has sucked moisture from the land, leaving cracks and barrenness in its wake.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Bone-dry, bitterly cold and bathed in cosmic radiation, the surface of Mars may well be dead, with not so much as a single microbe breaking its state of barrenness.

From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2023

When emissaries from Israel visited Villanueva’s congregation, they were aghast at the barrenness of the place: dirt floors, no plumbing, a windowless, roofless temple lit by candles.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022

And when I brooded upon the cultural barrenness of black life, I wondered if clean, positive tenderness, love, honor, loyalty, and the capacity to remember were native with man.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright