desolate
Example Sentences
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On de-boarding, the last station bore the look of a desolate Soviet-era structure rather than a bustling train terminal in a city where crowds typically jostle for space.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
A school newspaper article described the student center in 2023 as desolate and deserted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
It resembles a space mission, with an intrepid rover traversing desolate distant terrain.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
It looked desolate and black — destroyed businesses, block after block of homes burned to the ground, the mountains behind denuded and black as coal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
At the time, however, the rift with Van made Elizebeth feel desolate.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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