sere

Example Sentences

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The landscape is dry and sere, but a ribbon of green shrubs and trees flourishes along the creek.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

From 1970 to 1984, in the sere hills of Irvine, people paid admission to drive their cars through a wild animal park where, “Jurassic Park” fashion, things could go wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

A sere moonscape of rock, sand and mountains, portions of the park lie 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in North America.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2021

I fear the only people who ate the treats from that American airdrop were journalists scouring the sere landscape for shiny packets of cookies.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2021

But he looked at her with some strange remorse, and he saw that she had grown thin and her skin was sere and yellow.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck