half-deserted
Britishadjective
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The silent, half-deserted streets were flanked by houses covered with satellite dishes and water tanks.
From BBC
Her photos are set amid the front porches, backyards and half-deserted streets of her Midwestern town.
From New York Times
Cafes, restaurants, even supermarkets stand half-deserted.
From Los Angeles Times
Not just anywhere in the West, but the half-deserted, sandy vastness of the far suburbs of Las Vegas, beautifully shot by the film’s ace cinematographer Roger Deakins on the outskirts of Albuquerque.
From Los Angeles Times
Filtered through the narrator’s wryly brooding sensibility, the poem brims with striking images: half-deserted streets, yellow smoke slinking like a cat, mermaids riding waves.
From Washington Post
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