desolation

Example Sentences

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He remarked that “the desolation of the city, and the mystery that hung over it, all created an interest higher, if possible, than I had ever felt among the ruins of the Old World.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed "sadness" and "desolation" on X at the latest death.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

She’s found the desolation isn’t limited to Grand Central Market.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

We have been for months constrained in scenes of prodigious sickness and desolation; we cannot but feel gratitude that we exchange these sad prospects for new views.

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