desolate
Example Sentences
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The 36-year-old must constantly scan the desolate, drought-ravaged terrain for loose wires and suspicious debris.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
It stretches northward into desolate permafrost regions flush with “oil sands” that produce about nine times as much crude as Alaska.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
It looked desolate and black — destroyed businesses, block after block of homes burned to the ground, the mountains behind denuded and black as coal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Streets and sidewalks that have been desolate all day are suddenly bustling with people, seemingly drawn in by the glowing light.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
But the Boss had no idea what he would find when he returned to the desolate spot where he had left his men.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing desolate
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Zilch, Zip, Nada: Words For Nothing
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