desolate
adjective
barren or laid waste; devastated.
desolates
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present tense formof desolate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He visits Barbara's soup kitchen shelter and proves with an open checkbook that he can bribe the poor and buy the Army, which desolates Barbara.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sudden death of Leontes' young son desolates him.
From Time Magazine Archive
But your misrepresentation which pained me most, in fact desolates me to the extent that I am unfit for work, is your statement that I weigh 200 Ib.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have no idea of the ennui that desolates the hemispheres.
From The Cross of Berny by Florence Fendall
These are but The harmless play of innocent childhood,— So fierce the storm that desolates my soul!
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
