desertedness

Example Sentences

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He stood for a few moments in motionless despair; then glancing round the room, and taking in all its desertedness, caught up his hat, and rushed out into the storm.

From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George

Both going and returning, he had been struck with the general desertedness of the streets, but realized that in all probability every one would be resting after the scenes of the morning.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney

"There were noise and romping," and the softness of his voice now emphasized the extreme desertedness of my chambers.

From Peeps at People by Holliday, Robert Cortes

Servants had been procured from Peebles; the fires were again burning; the wreaths of smoke again ascended from among the trees; and life and living action were taking the place of desertedness.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

Gloom, perhaps, is hardly the word to use; it was more a feeling of desertedness, almost of decayed grandeur, quite unlike anything I had ever seen before.

From Nurse Heatherdale's Story by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)