desolateness
- 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
He could not bear the desolateness of her crying.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
His desolateness at an hotel or boarding-house is proverbial.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
