| With each piece of bleached, dead coral washed ashore, the marine ecosystem comes that much closer to being a watery wasteland. |
| The US, because we are wealthy and powerful, is going to be slandered as a poisonous cultural wasteland. |
| It is a shocking fact that despite the vast tracts of industrial wasteland in inner Glasgow the city now has a shortage of developable land. |
| As they sat on gray folding chairs in the desert wasteland, the war seemed to be in dismal shape. |
| Finally, they stopped, seeing the sun almost touching the horizon as they now stood in a desolate area, a barren wasteland. |
| The Shomali, once known for its grapes, is now a mine-strewn, cratered wasteland. |
