pine barren

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noun

a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.

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Origin of pine barren

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

How to use pine barren in a sentence

First, though, he has to be shocked into recognizing the barren waste of his spiritual life – by spirits.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He'd kept the few offices at the front of the bungalow, now oddly barren.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without it in the atmosphere, the Earth would be a barren, frozen wasteland.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times|Jay Michaelson|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ibrahim Hijazi walked me through his barren house, emptied ahead of the demolition.
In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge|Creede Newton|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
After this it wound along on ridges and in ravines till it reached the heart of a great pine forest, where stood a saw-mill.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Nothing, however, can save us but a union, which would turn our barren hills into fruitful valleys.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The lone pine on the stone cap of Gander Knob waved its farewell, and we clattered down the long slope into the great world.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
How many imitators of the great manipulator have looked at this growth of pine and wondered where the old master obtained it!
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick