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
We travel to a bleak tented camp on barren land on the edge of the city, where we see the reality of what Rasheed says is the biggest challenge facing Syrian women now.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 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
They have to go south to find areas of barren land that don’t have snow.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2023
And then I turned a corner and, right in the middle of that barren land, I saw a cluster of mud houses, beyond them nothing but broad sky and mountains like jagged teeth.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
