barren

Example Sentences

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Outwardly a barren desert island, Larak has housed a Russian-made satellite communications-jamming system guarded by Iranian naval infantry and fast-attack vessels with antiship missiles, according to Israel-based Alma Research and Education Center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Understanding how this wetter world transformed into the barren landscape we see now remains a major question in planetary science.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Penalty-box poachers Luca Toni and Mario Gomez had prolific seasons interspersed with barren runs.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

By Sunday, the visible snow had expanded significantly down mountain ranges into lower altitudes, and blanketed parts of the Southern Sierra that were barren just 10 days earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

I blushed, thinking of all the pots that had remained barren and the fruitless work I'd done at the community garden.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda