desolate

Example Sentences

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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 resembles a space mission, with an intrepid rover traversing desolate distant terrain.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

In January, when the Eaton and Palisades fires broke out, the shop was desolate for around a month.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Or your favorite vacation spot might be the perfect beach town in the summer, but desolate and lonely in the winter.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

The dream is something about silos and a truck and a yellow field, no longer desolate but full of color.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti