barren land
Example Sentences
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Reaching the store requires a 50-mile trek from Phoenix through barren land dotted by cactuses and the occasional sign warning of blowing dust.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
It’s just that, as one neighbor put it, barren land attracts negative activity.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
She looks at the stretching salt flats, and the water that has breathed life into their barren land.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024
Unicef, the UN charity for children, warned that some of the "safe" zones are "tiny patches of barren land" with no water, sanitation or shelter.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023
Many of them looked to have been worked by hands, though now they lay tumbled and ruinous in a bleak, barren land.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
