barren

Example Sentences

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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

I do not believe England's long barren run in Australia is down to the quality of their players.

From BBC

In these cases, intense grazing by urchins can strip seafloors of plant life, damaging marine habitats and creating so-called "urchin barrens."

From Science Daily