deserted

Example Sentences

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When I finally rolled up, I realized what I thought was the end point was a deserted Mongolian shepherd village.

From The Wall Street Journal

After a few days of argument, these men took some supplies, deserted the Advance, and set off across the ice to try to save themselves.

From Literature

The film exhibits no sense of how to stage a surprise, settling instead for hackish tricks like having a character nonsensically appear in, say, the middle of a deserted street as though arriving via drone.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sun was beginning to set as we drove back to the paramedic base, and a city that once came alive at night, would soon be deserted.

From BBC

She only goes out to walk Olive when the streets are deserted, has very limited contact with her family, no longer sees her friends, and has her groceries delivered.

From Barron's