Definition: (of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person)
lonely; forlorn; joyless Definition: (of a place) deserted;
unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless Sentences
Containing 'desolate' Among the echoes then, there would arise
the sound of footsteps at her own early grave; and thoughts of
the husband who would be left so desolate, and who would mourn
for her so much, swelled to her eyes, and broke like waves. Ah
Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, I send my desolate cry across
the sea, hoping it may perhaps reach your ears through the great
bank of Tilson known at Paris! He walked on the other side of it
and protected it to the courtyard of the house where the
afflicted heart so happy in the memorable time when he had
revealed his own desolate heart to it outwatched the awful
night. I never beheld a scene so utterly desolate as this
entrance of the Mississippi. Chapter 58 On the Upper River THE
big towns drop in, thick and fast, now: and between stretch
processions of thrifty farms, not desol