bleak expanse

Frequency: 7.08.4 per million words

describes an empty and unwelcoming area

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Examples (10)

  • The travelers gazed out over the bleak expanse of frozen tundra.
  • A bleak expanse of concrete stretched endlessly before them.
  • The house overlooked a bleak expanse of moor and heather.
  • After the fire, only a bleak expanse of charred earth remained.
  • The prison yard was nothing but a bleak expanse of gray stone.
  • She stared through the window at the bleak expanse of winter landscape.
  • The abandoned factory sat in the middle of a bleak expanse of wasteland.
  • From the hilltop, they could see the bleak expanse of industrial ruins.
  • The bleak expanse of desert offered no shelter from the storm.
  • Nothing grew in the bleak expanse of salt flats.