desolate
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On de-boarding, the last station bore the look of a desolate Soviet-era structure rather than a bustling train terminal in a city where crowds typically jostle for space.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
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 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.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
In this baked, desolate, treeless landscape, scattered with small tin-roofed huts and dusty walking paths, we drove through a gate and onto smooth pavement.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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