wasteland

Example Sentences

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It was a wasteland of corporate buzzwords, 4 a.m. wake-up routines and stories about overcoming workplace adversity with a little something called grit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Just five years ago, midtown Manhattan was a wasteland as the pandemic dominated life in a city that had seen some of the darkest times of Covid-19 only months earlier.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Critics called the purchase 'Seward's Folly', arguing the land amounted to a frozen wasteland.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

Also, the designation “forest” seems generous: The gnarled and stripped trees look broken, suggesting an open wasteland instead of a battleground that could provide cover.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

The tunnel let us out somewhere in the wasteland we drove through to get to the compound, among the crumbling buildings and overgrown trees breaking through the pavement.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth