desolation

Example Sentences

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Their desolation contrasts with hives of construction activity nearby, where cranes tower over designer redevelopments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This was particularly the case with the desert, whose desolation and desperation gave shape to the film's third act and the journey its characters were on.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Who better to help us limn out these feelings of disgust, rage and desolation right now?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

With each strike, he devours the essence of liberty and justice, leaving behind a trail of desolation and despair.

From Salon • May 8, 2024

Both sides, it seems, now ready themselves for the ultimatum to be touched off by new shew of rebel impertinence, and for the desolation to commence.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson