deserted

Example Sentences

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Even now the dusty red-sand roads around the town remain deserted.

From BBC

“Send Help” is an actual horror show where a downtrodden employee gains flesh-and-blood power over her cruel boss when the two are stranded on a deserted island.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jeb had irritated me some over the last few days, but I was disappointed to find the place was deserted.

From Literature

We pulled—me just pretending because every shred of strength had deserted me—and the boys in the water pushed from below until the net tipped into the boat, full of wriggling fish.

From Literature

In October, Takaichi inherited a moribund Liberal Democratic Party deserted en masse by voters in part because of inflation and a recent slush fund scandal.

From Barron's