barren

Example Sentences

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"It's been a pretty barren spell for Ulster players over the past couple of seasons," said former Ireland flanker Ferris.

From BBC

Striker Erling Haaland is in a barren run of form, scoring just once - from the penalty spot - in his past seven games and without a goal from open play since 20 December.

From BBC

"If you go into a garden where there's no plants and it just looks barren, that's a low-diversity garden," she explains.

From BBC

Days became weeks, until at last they ran out of food and water and were in barren lands where no amount of foraging might satiate their appetites.

From Literature

As we look toward Mars, researchers are asking whether small life forms could again play an outsized role, this time by helping turn a barren world into a place humans can survive.

From Science Daily