desolate
adjective
barren or laid waste; devastated.
desolating
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present participleof desolate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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When D’Amore isn’t speaking — and for most of those three minutes and 40 seconds, she is silent — her body language is desolating.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2019
“The simple way...to put an end to the savage and desolating war now waged by the slaveholders, is to strike down slavery itself, the primal cause of that war.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
It sounds as if your mother is relatively young herself, so this is a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s which is even more desolating.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2015
As the actors take up their places, a desolating video begins to play.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013
But the flowers, the smell, the movement of the leaves persist, rich, mesmerizing, desolating, infused with grief.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
