What does the word desolate mean?
Usage examples for desolate
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The farm Mussainen, which in fact he had bought that same day, was in so desolate a condition that it seemed dangerous for wife and children to stay there in the cold autumn days. – Dame Care by Hermann Sudermann
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The rock is very desolate. – Sketches of the Covenanters by J. C. McFeeters
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Every effort at prayer or at calm recall of old thoughts still ended in that desolate verse. – The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge