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

By late morning, the area’s streets were littered with palm fronds and other debris, and essentially deserted except for occasional military patrols.

From Seattle Times

On a deserted service road not far from the Florida turnpike, Toole strangled Adam to death with the seatbelt, then decapitated him with a machete.

From Salon

Now, the neighbourhood where my children grew up in deserted and flattened by bombs.

From BBC

The Egyptian side of the crossing was deserted on Monday, with trucks loaded with supplies waiting at the nearby town of Al-Arish.

From Reuters