desert
noun
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
desertlike
-
a word derived from
desert.
Example Sentences
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Dust kicked up by runners ahead of me on the desertlike trail made my throat dry.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
The landscape was barren and desertlike, the heat intense even at night.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019
With the Osoyoos Indian Band as majority owner, Nk’Mip features Native American culture on a desertlike complex that includes a native cultural center and a conference center resort.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2018
The areas that once had been savanna were becoming more desertlike.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
It went positively desertlike when Taryn waggled her eyebrows at Ivy and wove her arm through Drew’s, leaving Ivy and June alone.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
