desolate
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West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo was desolate, insisting everyone in the game is now confused as to what constituted a foul in the penalty area at set-pieces.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Although stretches of the opposite riverbank appeared "desolate", he said, "it's a lot more developed than I thought".
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
PHOENIX—On a desolate stretch of land dotted with cactuses some 30 minutes north of Phoenix, more than 30 cranes tower over a construction site 2½ times the size of New York City’s Central Park.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
It isn’t perfect symmetry—Indiana football was much more desolate than Nebraska hoops, and now the Hoosiers are roaring atop college football entering Friday’s playoff semifinal against Oregon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Commons lawn stretched out wide and desolate like some Napoleonic battlefield: churned, sordid, roiled with footprints.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing desolate
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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