desolate landscape

collocation in English

meaningsofdesolateandlandscape

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desolate
adjective
uk
/ˈdes.əl.ət/us
/ˈdes.əl.ət/
A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant ...
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landscape
noun
uk
/ˈlænd.skeɪp/us
/ˈlænd.skeɪp/
a large area of land, especially in relation to ...
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(Definition ofdesolateandlandscapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesolate landscape

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The hinterland of that opening is a spare, almostdesolatelandscapein which the material from which the work derives is exposed.
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It is proposed to erect three buildings, which will be seen on that big, beautiful butdesolatelandscape.
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I should like to deal with the rather gloomy vision of thedesolatelandscape.
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He said that, because we are changing the rules of the game, we are creating adesolatelandscape.
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His henchmen scour thedesolatelandscapedaily in search of it, but to no avail.
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The ruins are located by themselves on one side of the road and the graceful bell tower is very conspicuous in the relativelydesolatelandscape.
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The installation depicts an apocalyptic tale of a degenerated tribe of cloned beings, which wanders through adesolatelandscapein search of deliverance and rebirth.
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Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid,desolatelandscape.
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His expression is characterized by stark colouring in his depiction of the human body, often set in adesolatelandscape.
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Marsh initially painted a cover depicting a group of threatened birds forming the shape of a larger bird in flight over adesolatelandscape.
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It's a record that offers poetic and macabre sketches of desolate landscapes, and the disorientating and isolated anthropological existences that pass through them.
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This was already a feature of artistic and literary works of the period, and provided the theoretical basis for a growing appreciation of desolate landscapes and ancient ruins.
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