barren
Example Sentences
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Instead, he starts the film on a barren mountaintop, alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Lieber chafed at the intrusion and Chakrabarti’s plan to shift Penn’s grand entrance from bustling Seventh Avenue to the comparably barren Eighth Avenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
His universally acclaimed “Summer of Soul” dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Silverware has come late in Kane's career after barren years at Tottenham Hotspur, when even his stunning goalscoring numbers could not bring glory.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
We walked to the reservoir, which looked like a barren hill.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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