barren

Example Sentences

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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

As we look toward Mars, researchers are asking whether small life forms could again play an outsized role, this time by helping turn a barren world into a place humans can survive.

From Science Daily

The project has been implementing several methods in three southern areas, including digging water canals and supplying electricity to pump water from the Euphrates river, preparing barren lands for vegetation.

From Barron's

Since she hired staff to deal with it, areas that were barren ground have begun bursting with oxlips and early purple orchids.

From BBC