be desolate

Frequency: 8.015.1 per million words

To describe the state of a place being empty and depressing, or a person being very unhappy.

desolateVERBS + desolate

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Examples (10)

  • After the mine closed, the town was completely desolate.
  • The landscape is desolate and windswept, with very few trees.
  • She was desolate after her beloved pet passed away.
  • In the depths of winter, the northern moors are desolate and cold.
  • He was utterly desolate when he realized he had lost everything.
  • The once-bustling market square was now desolate and silent.
  • Without her, he felt his life would be desolate and meaningless.
  • The abandoned village is desolate, a ghost of its former self.
  • She felt she was desolate with grief for months after the funeral.
  • The vast, empty desert is a desolate but beautiful place.