Empty Quarter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The city sits on the coast of the Persian Gulf, but further inland begins the Empty Quarter, the massive desert that takes up a third of the Arabian Peninsula.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
The trip across the desolate dunes of the Empty Quarter took several days, skirting the kingdom’s southern border.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
An Aramco oil tank is seen at the Production facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia May 22, 2018.
From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2021
Once, he took Clarke for an unexpected helicopter flight deep into the desert of the Empty Quarter and then landed by an artificial pond, scattering a herd of wild gazelles.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2020
The sinking air is dry and cloudless, and underneath are the Sahara, the Empty Quarter, and the Kalahari.
From Scientific American • Nov. 21, 2018
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