desolation
Example Sentences
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The merrymaking, though, ends in desolation, as the guests, including Betty herself, drop in exhaustion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Gone are the gritty warehouse districts, the nocturnal desolation of downtown and the shabby chic of South Beach.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
But their bond, the way they help anchor each other, helps them face the desolation that seems to rise up from the very roads they clear.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
They passed through the ruined tunnel and stood upon a heap of stones, gazing at the dark rock of Orthanc, and its many windows, a menace still in the desolation that lay all about it.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing desolation
The Declaration of Independence
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Fahrenheit 451
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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