desolation

Example Sentences

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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

Who better to limn out disgust and desolation now?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed "sadness" and "desolation" on X at the latest death.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

“I’m glad I came,” she said, and she thought in desolation how brit- de he was now and how easy to shatter, and how she would have to protect him.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck