desert

Example Sentences

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In recent years, the number of Kiwis deserting the nation has reached record levels, a large chunk of them moving "across the ditch" to Australia.

From BBC

Not to anything major, of course, but you were put on a Glitch platform and sent to a deserted field somewhere in the past to get used to the whole experience.

From Literature

Her son Christoph Gretzmacher is worried about how much longer his elderly mother can cope with the extreme conditions of the desert.

From BBC

As dawn broke, large areas of the usually busy capital were deserted and shops remained shuttered.

From Barron's

Notably, nationwide, more than one-third of the U.S. is now considered to be a maternity care desert, leaving more than 5.6 million women in counties with no or limited access to maternity care.

From Salon