completely desolate
Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words
To strongly emphasize the emptiness of a place.
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Examples (10)
- The landscape was completely desolate.
- After the war, the city became completely desolate.
- We drove for hours through a completely desolate wilderness.
- The abandoned mining town looked completely desolate under the grey sky.
- I've never seen a place so completely desolate; not a single bird or insect could be heard.
- Once the factory closed, the industrial park was left completely desolate.
- The winter makes the high moors seem completely desolate and unwelcoming.
- Exploring the completely desolate streets at night was an eerie experience.
- The artist's painting captured the feeling of a completely desolate coastline.
- Following the evacuation, the once-bustling island became completely desolate.