Barren Lands
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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He has lived a chapped and manly life in rural Ontario, on the Keewatin Barren Lands and in balky old boats off Newfoundland.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Practicing this counsel of perfection, he wandered purposefully to Mexico, California, Alaska, the Barren Lands north of Hudson Bay, the centre of Africa, Siberia, South America, Burma.
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At the end of this first year came the wonderful event in the history of the Company's post, which had the Barren Lands at its back door.
From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by Curwood, James Oliver
Heming, the artist who accompanied Mr. Whitney in his journey towards the Barren Lands, and the data may be accepted as correct, as they were secured from the Hudson Bay officials.
From Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest by Ladue, Joseph Francis
Only the wolf pack roamed the Barren Lands.
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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