deserted

Example Sentences

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Surrounding areas of Bissau were more deserted, and there were few people in reopened markets, AFP journalists said.

From Barron's

After Firmin is shot and killed on a deserted bridge, shocking the literary world, a small group of people are invited to her funeral.

From New York Times

Under a 76-day lockdown, its streets were deserted for months, apart from ambulances and security personnel.

From Seattle Times

“It was totally surreal,” she said, describing the trash and debris piled on the corners of streets, deserted and blackened by shelling.

From New York Times

Among the “defects” of others on the survey were wanderer, illiterate, feeble-minded, liar, deserted husband, town pauper, obstinate, alcoholic and bearer of stillborn twins.

From Seattle Times