barren

Example Sentences

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In 2021 Blue Whale closed after the year in the dark we’d all had, leaving jazz in the city barren and institutionally driven.

From Los Angeles Times

We set off, passing through dry and barren hills.

From Literature

In the nearby town of Banissa, the man-made watering hole that once held 60,000 cubic metres of water is dry, leaving a barren expanse that children have turned into a playground.

From Barron's

A bank of screens shows the largely barren seabed, as an operator uses a multi-jointed joystick to operate the robot's hydraulic arm from thousands of metres above.

From Barron's

"It's been a pretty barren spell for Ulster players over the past couple of seasons," said former Ireland flanker Ferris.

From BBC