desolate
Example Sentences
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I thought about going with Bright to the lake till my head hurt, and I got home from school that afternoon in a desolate mood, only to find Ma in bed with fever.
From Literature
It resembles a space mission, with an intrepid rover traversing desolate distant terrain.
From Barron's
It isn’t perfect symmetry—Indiana football was much more desolate than Nebraska hoops, and now the Hoosiers are roaring atop college football entering Friday’s playoff semifinal against Oregon.
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
Streets and sidewalks that have been desolate all day are suddenly bustling with people, seemingly drawn in by the glowing light.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
