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Desolate | Desolated | Desolately

Desolate meaning

  1. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
  2. Barren and lifeless.
  3. Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.

Using Desolate

  • The main meaning on this page is: Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. | Barren and lifeless. | Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
  • Useful related words include: bare, shrink, depopulate, leave.
  • In the example corpus, desolate often appears in combinations such as: the desolate, and desolate, desolate and.

Context around Desolate

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 13 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Desolate

  • In this selection, "desolate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, makes, communities, sanctuaries, decaying, sixth and land stand out and add context to how "desolate" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a desolate inhospitable place and brave the desolate moors before. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "desolate" sits close to words such as abnormally, acrobatic and adm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with desolate

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Things begin in the desolate, cold town of Silver Lake, Colorado. (11 words)

He wandered through the desolate streets, a silent witness to the remnants of what once thrived. (16 words)

The famous wooden ticket office and the Grand Central hotel are made for desolate, unrequited romances. (16 words)

In 12 static compositions of approximately five minutes, one for each month of the year, Benning trains the camera on different areas and aspects of Allensworth, mostly outdoor shots of restored houses and buildings set against desolate backdrops. (38 words)

Though it begins by quoting the 26th chapter of Leviticus—“I will lay your cities in ruin and make your sanctuaries desolate and I will not savor your pleasing odors”— plays out like the Book of Revelation. (37 words)

But you should all know this from common sense, and you should all be absolutely ashamed to see the center of our local government turning into a desolate, decaying ghetto of government buildings and human waste. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

And on the wing of abominations will be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation which is determined is poured out on the desolate.

But you should all know this from common sense, and you should all be absolutely ashamed to see the center of our local government turning into a desolate, decaying ghetto of government buildings and human waste.

Carroll, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer, said they took escalators to the store's desolate sixth floor, where they teased each other about trying on a piece of see-through lingerie.

Father Peter Damian, a priest from the Kumbakonam diocese, took charge of the desolate land with thorny bushes, transforming it into the magnificent church it is today with the help of Fr Cassian from Canada.

He handcuffed her and drove her to a desolate location where he sexually assaulted her, the department said.

He wandered through the desolate streets, a silent witness to the remnants of what once thrived.

In 12 static compositions of approximately five minutes, one for each month of the year, Benning trains the camera on different areas and aspects of Allensworth, mostly outdoor shots of restored houses and buildings set against desolate backdrops.

It’s a classic story of a border town prospering from differing laws state to state, and how arbitrary lines drawn through a desolate landscape drive economic patterns.

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Standing on top, he saw the desolate sand dunes below and decided this would be the best place to build.

The famous wooden ticket office and the Grand Central hotel are made for desolate, unrequited romances.

The first trailer for the hotly-anticipated film saw Margot as a larger-than-life swimsuit Barbie as she stood on a desolate beach, while girls played with dolls behind her.

The game’s environmental themes are front and center, with its portrayal of earth as a desolate, inhospitable place, and humans are cast as the greatest threat to the foxes’ survival.

The inability of security agencies to fashion effective strategies to degrade or decimate these terrorists and bandits has rendered most of our communities desolate.

The latter allowed Navajos to return to their ancestral homelands in the Four Corners region after being forcibly marched to a desolate tract in eastern New Mexico.

The South L.A. location of the famed chain is an essential restaurant for those in the area, but it was desolate in the aftermath of violence.

The stretch from Tedim to Kalay was the real conflict zone, which was even more desolate, barring a few shops that were open in the three villages we crossed.

They accepted this land in part because it seemed such a desolate space they were sure to be left alone at last.

Things begin in the desolate, cold town of Silver Lake, Colorado.

Though it begins by quoting the 26th chapter of Leviticus—“I will lay your cities in ruin and make your sanctuaries desolate and I will not savor your pleasing odors”— plays out like the Book of Revelation.

To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir.

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Common combinations with desolate

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "desolate" in a sentence?
An example: "And on the wing of abominations will be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation which is determined is poured out on the desolate." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "desolate" from authentic English texts.
What does "desolate" mean?
Desolate means: Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
What are synonyms of "desolate"?
Common synonyms of "desolate" include: bare, shrink, depopulate, leave, desert, forsake, abandon, unconsolable. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "desolate" are there?
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