desolation
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Their desolation contrasts with hives of construction activity nearby, where cranes tower over designer redevelopments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
This was particularly the case with the desert, whose desolation and desperation gave shape to the film's third act and the journey its characters were on.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed "sadness" and "desolation" on X at the latest death.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
The blistering heat — with an average high temperature that’s more than 100 degrees four months of the year — only heightens the sense of desolation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
And yet the spectacle of desolation I had just left prepared me in a measure for a tale of misery.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing desolation
The Declaration of Independence
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Fahrenheit 451
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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