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Example sentences for: desert

How can you use “desert” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He had had girlfriends before, but after three years in the desert town of Del Rio, Texas, he joked to a friend, "it was slim pickings."
Well, take a spin through the spectacular photo gallery (courtesy Inside China Today ) of furry yaks, isolated desert tents, and the Dalai Lama's summer home ...
Inland from the urban jungle of L.A. lies the dry and desolate expanse of the Mojave Desert, a vast, empty landscape that stretches 200 miles (322 km) to the Nevada border.
Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu (Kansu) Province, which extends from the farmland of the Yellow River basin through the narrow Gansu corridor, with its steep rocky mountains, to China’s far west of desert and oases.
The missionaries struggled valiantly against the dictates of the desert, trying simultaneously to survive the harshness of their circumstances and spread the Mormon faith.