is desolating
- present progressive of desolate (3rd person singular).
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
If this were their sole concern, there would be few wars; certainly this war, which is desolating and impoverishing Europe, would be impossible.
From England and the War by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
"A fearful one indeed," said Mr. Elliott, "and one that is desolating thousands of homes all over the land."
From Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
She must hear the melancholy that is desolating and thereby perfecting his voice; but, if so, she gives no sign.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
It is desolating to think that a second visit will reveal to me the blindness, the distortions, and the wrong-headedness of my first.
From Your United States Impressions of a first visit by Bennett, Arnold
