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

They suffer pain, sorrow, bereavement, anxiety, desolateness, privations; and they have need, as other men, of patience, cheerfulness, faith, hope, contentment, resignation, firmness, to bear all that comes on them well.

From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry

The stark desolateness of the place was enhanced by the wild cawing of the gulls and the mournful booming of the sea upon the reef.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman