deserts
- present tense form of desert (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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On Sundays, iron curtains roll shut, turning city centers into eerie, echoey deserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
They then used machine-learning models that incorporated environmental data from deserts, tundra, forests, and other ecosystems to predict fungal network density in regions where direct measurements were unavailable.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
On a blind date, his descriptions of magical griffins and burning deserts sound humiliatingly immature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The solar panels and wind turbines that have popped up over swathes of sun-soaked land, from the Tibetan Plateau to Xinjiang's deserts, are part of this vision.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
It will only be a matter of time until he deserts, then.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
