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Example sentences for: wasteland

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

The Vast Wasteland of Politics
Once a poor fishing village and wasteland believed to be inhabited by bad spirits, by the 1980s it was transformed into a frenetic scene, fueled by plenty of alcohol and, for a while, illegal drugs.
In some places the names of the plant and the wasteland where it grows are synonyms.
Its young protagonist, Harry Odum (Norman Reedus), a fry-cook in the postindustrial wasteland that is Youngstown, Ohio, lives with a shut-in mother, Kate (Deborah Harry), who has contrived to keep him in a state of sexual ignorance.
But I know that I am in the presence of genius when I read the following lines from The Wasteland :