How to Use desolate in a Sentence

desolate

adjective

• The board noted that the mall is dark and desolate at night.
  — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• The worker said the pilot swerved the plane to its crash site which is in a desolate area.
  — Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN, 21 Feb. 2021
• The finished song is desolate but resilient, a hell of a plaint.
  — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• At first glance, the area looks desolate, hardly a place for a wildlife refuge.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2022
• But as the flight continued, the fall colors gave way to a desolate sea of gray and black.
  — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• The trips on desolate, dusty roads could sometimes take hours.
  — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Between each hole, the drive is stunning and desolate and serene.
  — Oliver Horovitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2017
• The vast parking lot was desolate except for a small patch of cars, some with no air in their tires.
  — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
• Abby has not been found to this day -- not in the landfill, nor in the desolate mesas nearby.
  — Susan Mallie, CBS News, 12 May 2018
• The region is so flat and so desolate that the conveyor stands out, even from space.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• The whole world looks busy yet desolate: the precise mood of a lonely subway ride.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• The scene is dark and desolate and suffused with an overwhelming sense of dread.
  — Jiji Lee, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2020
• Reid was born in the desolate mining town of Searchlight.
  — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 12 Jan. 2022
• But today the lands the Amur cuts through are desolate, endless and poor.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
• Debris is scattered across the roads and a now-desolate parking lot.
  — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017
• Spacious, yes, but the old one felt more desolate as a result.
  — Lydia Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 8 Jan. 2020
• The roof is missing and the whole island appeared forlorn and desolate.
  — Washington Post, 25 June 2021
• Both the setting and the winter season lend the film a cool, almost desolate, mood.
  — Amar Chebib, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• The Chevrolet gasser blasted through salt air across a desolate stretch of land.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• Buildings and homes were boarded up across the region, and the streets of the city’s small downtown were desolate.
  — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2020
• Antarctica has not always been a desolate land of ice and snow.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Those few who dared venture out from their homes found the streets dangerous and desolate.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• The search begins at sunrise, with eight-and-a-half miles of desolate beach to cover.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 29 June 2023
• An hour or so into the drive, the forests vanish and are replaced by desolate scrubland.
  — Michael Lewis, The Hive, 2 Aug. 2017
• Her van was abandoned on a desolate road the teens used to walk back to town, authorities said.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
• Most dealers moved to desolate Chelsea, where rents were low.
  — Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2019
• The case turned when police found Woodworth's body on a desolate dirt road near the farmhouse.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2022
• The view from its western shore, meanwhile, is desolate.
  — Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 6 July 2020
• She was taken to a desolate area, raped and fatally shot.
  — Michael Graczyk, The Seattle Times, 27 June 2017
• The world of ‘Pig’ is as desolate and cruel as ours, but smaller.
  — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021

Last Updated: 25 Apr 2024