Mohave Desert

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another name for Mojave Desert

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Words nearby Mohave Desert

Mohammed of Ghor, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Moharram, Mohave, Mohave Desert, Mohawk, Mohegan, mohel, Mohenjo-Daro, Mohican

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Example sentences from the Web for Mohave Desert

Normality, domesticity, ease, in the blazing Arizona desert.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Desert Golfing is the distillation of Angry Birds into its purest essence.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Desert Golfing is the gaming equivalent of putting TV on in the background.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If life gets in the way, Desert Golfing totally understands.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

But an ad-supported version of Desert Golfing was impossible.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
The leaves were motionless, the river crept past without a murmur, the dark hills rose out of the distant desert like a wave.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The author of the life of St. Francis Xavier, asserts, that "by one sermon he converted ten thousand persons in a desert island."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The dining room was for the souls of the locals, who could admire the desert more conveniently than find a good meal.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe

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