desolate
Example Sentences
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Although stretches of the opposite riverbank appeared "desolate", he said, "it's a lot more developed than I thought".
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
PHOENIX—On a desolate stretch of land dotted with cactuses some 30 minutes north of Phoenix, more than 30 cranes tower over a construction site 2½ times the size of New York City’s Central Park.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
The techno soundtrack of Oliver Laxe’s desolate road thriller has rattled my house for months.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Or your favorite vacation spot might be the perfect beach town in the summer, but desolate and lonely in the winter.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
“Good God!” cried Mr. Pocket, in an outbreak of desolate desperation.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Vocabulary lists containing desolate
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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