desolation

Example Sentences

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The route through the nuclear production complex took me on what I imagined my father’s trip to work at the area had been, through a desolation that held its own beauty.

From Seattle Times

The commander of Ukraine's land forces posted a video purporting to show the capture of Andriivka amid a landscape of scorched territory and desolation.

From Reuters

A fusillade of calcium batteries and white plastic bags drifted above the landscape along with birds and the final image was a dove soaring above the desolation.

From Seattle Times

The land around Biosphere 2 could be described the same way Buzz Aldrin talked about the moon: “magnificent desolation.”

From Scientific American

Recalling his youth, the dying man’s desolation turns to exultation as a heavenward journey begins.

From Los Angeles Times