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Example sentences for: barren

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The sites chosen for rural camposantos were often on tierra muerta, barren land that was too poor to cultivate.
The islands’ barren landscapes and stark white, cubical houses with their blue-shuttered windows bedecked with geraniums represent the Greek islands to many.
As the road rises, the rugged countryside becomes spectacularly barren, though plunging volcanic hillsides have been softened and greened by time.
Towards the northeast of the Beira Alta is the barren plateau of the Planalto (“High Plain”), a wild, cold, and sparsely populated region, but important enough to have been fought over by Portugal and Spain.
Mr. Arthur Lee mentioned some Scotch who had taken possession of a barren part of America, and wondered why they would choose it.