be barren

Examples (10)

• The landscape is barren and windswept, with very little vegetation.
• After the volcanic eruption, the entire island was barren for many years.
• Without rain, the fields will be barren by the end of the summer.
• In the ancient tale, the queen was heartbroken because she was barren.
• This particular species of plant cannot grow here; the soil is too barren.
• The high altitude and cold temperatures mean the mountaintop is almost completely barren.
• His imagination, once so vibrant, had been barren of ideas for months.
• Despite being barren of trees, the desert has its own unique beauty.
• The experiment showed that the soil would be barren if exposed to the chemical.
• It was feared that the new agricultural policies would cause the land to be barren.