leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Used in a Sentence
desolate
How to use desolate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for desolate.
Editorial note
IMO, LSD should only be taken on a desolate beach at night, with people who are dear to you.
Examples14
Definitions5
Parts of speech2
Quick take
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of desolate gathered in one view.
reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for desolate.
verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
verb
reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
See also: depopulate
verb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
adjective
providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
adjective
crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
Example sentences
IMO, LSD should only be taken on a desolate beach at night, with people who are dear to you.
What this means is that from spawn to about 5km away from spawn is desolate wasteland.
A sport bike is great if you are able to use it on a track, or for the occasional blast in the desolate hills.
Give me your energetic, your rich, Your striding elite yearning to oppress, The vaunted gild of your desolate shore.
Even the poorest person in the most desolate parts of the world can, with some inconvenience, get on to the Internet.
By making it appear desolate, you participate actively in dragging it down.
The growth of hypervisors made our operating systems desolate and lonely!
"It's rather strange that such a desolate environment could produce such interesting stories.
Consumers see how desolate, harsh, and unusable the whole ecosystem is -- further rerouting them to Apple\n 5.
While it's very cool, the grayscale lunar landscape photography doesn't quite convey the feeling of future to me... it feels a bit too bleak and desolate to me and maybe even depressing.
Granted, there are certainly depressing and desolate areas of the city, but again that should be expected for a city that has seen massive emigration and decreased revenue.
Historic Christianity was accused, not entirely without reason, of carrying martyrdom and asceticism to a point, desolate and pessimistic.
I have a crappy apartment in a perfect location; most of my coworkers have beautiful, new houses in distant, desolate suburbs; and a few blocks away from me there are beautiful high-rise condos that are nicer than my coworkers' houses and more centrally located than my crappy apartment.
I acknowledge that these have grown to be relatively advanced and it may not be an overnight job to rig up a replacement, and I appreciate the effort that has been put in to them by GNU developers, but it certainly wouldn't leave us desolate if we all had to stop using GNU code for some reason.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use desolate in a sentence?
IMO, LSD should only be taken on a desolate beach at night, with people who are dear to you.
What does desolate mean?
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
What part of speech is desolate?
desolate is commonly used as verb, adjective.