make barren

Example Sentences

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For no culture or reward will make barren land bear good vines.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

They believe that a potion prepared from mistletoe will make barren animals to bring forth, and that the plant is a remedy against all poison.”

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir