barren land

Example Sentences

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Several cattle grazed in the distance, but the barren land by the road seemed abandoned.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Also, he adds, Ladakh is one region of India where barren land stretches for miles and miles, "giving you the feeling of being alone on the planet".

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

That has been replaced by a bulldozed stretch of barren land connected to the mainland and fortified with razor wire.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Instead, the young mother found barren land, overcrowding and scant resources at Dadaab, one of the world's largest refugee camps and home to 300,000 people.

From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2023

Many of them looked to have been worked by hands, though now they lay tumbled and ruinous in a bleak, barren land.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien