Example Sentences

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It was desolating, as well as distracting beyond description.

From From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry by Haslam, William

The evening was desolating, but Leonora endured it with philosophy, because she appreciated John's state of mind.

From Leonora by Bennett, Arnold

On reaching Ruo, they heard that Mariano had returned from Mozambique, and was desolating the right bank of the river.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

While the great plague was desolating the metropolis, he had escaped from his residence in the Artillery Walk, and sought security from the contagion by a temporary sojourn in Buckinghamshire.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various

It was desolating to see her represent such a rôle, such agony, such despair; and yet his feet were reluctant to carry him away.

From The Light of the Star A Novel by Garland, Hamlin