have desolated
- present perfect of desolate.
Example Sentences
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Instead of a stray execution here and there, conducted always with a scrupulous regard for legal forms, wars of religion might have desolated the land and swept away thousands of lives.
From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
Likewise, with regard to behemoth upon a thousand mountains, He created them male and female; but if they had been joined together they would have desolated the whole world.
From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius
The spectacle of his secret squalor would have desolated the old lady.
From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold
He created them male and female; but if they had been joined together they would have desolated the whole world.
From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius
But it was revealed a few months later that the nations had really approached to the very brink of a Titanic struggle, which would have desolated the whole of Europe.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
