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
“The city will become a barren land of empty storefronts and empty office buildings as employers go elsewhere.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
Also, he adds, Ladakh is one region of India where barren land stretches for miles and miles, "giving you the feeling of being alone on the planet".
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
That has been replaced by a bulldozed stretch of barren land connected to the mainland and fortified with razor wire.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 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
