desolate
adjective
barren or laid waste; devastated.
desolateness
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a word derived from
desolate.
Example Sentences
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Indians called this place home for centuries before European contact, and got to know not only the best trails through them, but the ever-important water supplies hidden among the seeming desolateness.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
“Wind River,” with its hauntingly beautiful shots of the American West, is alluring even amid its desolateness.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2017
There was nothing memorable in its all too typical poverty and desolateness.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Mariana, in her desolateness, was still waiting for the coming of some one; and so was Miss Mackenzie waiting, though she hardly knew for whom.
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
But with all the desolateness around it, Athens is to the scholar one of the most interesting cities in the world.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
