desolate
Example Sentences
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A school newspaper article described the student center in 2023 as desolate and deserted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
During one orbit, Anders captured Earth's brilliant blue hue standing out against the vast darkness of space and accentuated by the desolate, grey lunar horizon in the foreground.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Streets and sidewalks that have been desolate all day are suddenly bustling with people, seemingly drawn in by the glowing light.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
The techno soundtrack of Oliver Laxe’s desolate road thriller has rattled my house for months.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
I could picture his excitement at finding a flower he couldn't categorize, growing in some lonely, desolate part of Iraq.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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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Zilch, Zip, Nada: Words For Nothing
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