desolate
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Desolate streets and mobile phones that conk out from the heat: what life has been like in Cagliari, a popular Italian vacation spot, recently.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023
“The moon was really a beautiful environment. Desolate, but yet it had beauty about it,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022
Desolate street corners filled by Laker-clad prayer groups.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2020
Desolate saxophone notes weaving through a perseverating synthesizer and rapidly tapping, tapping, tapping drum machine.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2017
Desolate as is now the scene, it was once enlivened by the dwellings of men and the stir of commerce.
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
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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Zilch, Zip, Nada: Words For Nothing
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