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 limn out disgust and desolation now?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

The people of the world saw their planet as the astronauts saw it - fragile and beautiful, shining in the desolation of space.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

Jackson Park was one square mile of desolation, mostly treeless, save for pockets of various kinds of oak—burr, pin, black, and scarlet—rising from a tangled undergrowth of elder, wild plum, and willow.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson