desolate

Example Sentences

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“Usually, people go to a destination,” said Andriy Bratash, who captained the ship that carried Brown to the southern Pacific’s desolate center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

It resembles a space mission, with an intrepid rover traversing desolate distant terrain.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

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

The desolate morning we had first walked into suddenly blossoms into a different type of festive crowd.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent, expectant woman—almost a bride, was a cold, solitary girl again: her life was pale; her prospects were desolate.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë