barren

Example Sentences

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Understanding how this wetter world transformed into the barren landscape we see now remains a major question in planetary science.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Penalty-box poachers Luca Toni and Mario Gomez had prolific seasons interspersed with barren runs.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

He showed a barren creekbed filled with cobbles, then a green wetland filled with ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

I blink, Cabo fading away as the barren trees outside my window swing into view.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott