barren

Example Sentences

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A bank of screens shows the largely barren seabed, as an operator uses a multi-jointed joystick to operate the robot's hydraulic arm from thousands of metres above.

From Barron's

"It's been a pretty barren spell for Ulster players over the past couple of seasons," said former Ireland flanker Ferris.

From BBC

Striker Erling Haaland is in a barren run of form, scoring just once - from the penalty spot - in his past seven games and without a goal from open play since 20 December.

From BBC

"If you go into a garden where there's no plants and it just looks barren, that's a low-diversity garden," she explains.

From BBC

Days became weeks, until at last they ran out of food and water and were in barren lands where no amount of foraging might satiate their appetites.

From Literature