desolate

Example Sentences

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Or your favorite vacation spot might be the perfect beach town in the summer, but desolate and lonely in the winter.

From MarketWatch

Trees behind him were stripped of their branches, making the area look even more desolate.

From New York Times

The only resident seems to be a woman who runs a food truck in a desolate parking lot.

From New York Times

Amos stands on a white, desolate world, jagged ice all around her.

From Salon

That and other ideological endeavors are reflected in “Studio,” Bell’s installation inside the mostly desolate Chevy Chase Pavilion.

From Washington Post