desolate
Example Sentences
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During one orbit, Anders captured Earth's brilliant blue hue standing out against the vast darkness of space and accentuated by the desolate, grey lunar horizon in the foreground.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 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
The street was desolate, aside from the presence of police officers and community security guards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
Or your favorite vacation spot might be the perfect beach town in the summer, but desolate and lonely in the winter.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
I looked upon a desolate shell, soulless at last, unhaunted, with no whisper of the past about its staring walls.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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Zilch, Zip, Nada: Words For Nothing
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