barren land
Example Sentences
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Several cattle grazed in the distance, but the barren land by the road seemed abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 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
Instead, the young mother found barren land, overcrowding and scant resources at Dadaab, one of the world's largest refugee camps and home to 300,000 people.
From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2023
He looked at the barren land all around him.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
