“It was an area of desolation apart from the up-and-down movement of the pumps extracting oil.”

“The ancient cities of Babylon, Thebes, Memphis, and Carthage are notable examples of the desolation that followed the destruction of their forests.”

“Further still, the desolation of the building interiors conjures up images of the evacuated Titanic itself.”

“I remember I was driving from Leh to Manali and seeing the desolateness I told my wife this was the perfect place to die.”

“Part of what was startling about the book was its desolateness, its apparent lack of pleasure in anything to do with the sport.”

“It would be like talking at length about the desolateness of the Scottish Highlands without mentioning the Highland Clearances.”

“The paper's empty offices, mid-gutting, suggested the twin desolations of war and obsolescence.”

“Write down shared movements so all can see them, and recognize consolations and desolations.”

“He did not elaborate, but I imagined that he might have been brooding over unfinished business with his mother, or maybe his marriage, which had grown bleaker amid the desolations of age.”