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The phrase "a desolate stretch of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a barren or empty area, often in a geographical or emotional context.
Example: "As we drove through the countryside, we were struck by a desolate stretch of land that seemed to go on forever."
Alternatives: "an empty expanse of" or "a barren area of".
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Next: a desolate stretch of land the fire department uses for practice burns.
It is a desolate stretch of road, lined by rundown shops.
His new novel, set in a desolate stretch of California's Central Valley in 1985, cements that reputation.
Commissioned portraits show the families slathered in pearls that had been harvested along a desolate stretch of Venezuelan coast.
As before, an unmarked steel door is set back from the sidewalk on a desolate stretch of Eldridge Street.
Along a desolate stretch of Highway 62 in the Mojave Desert is a fence decorated with thousands of shoes.
One day, the suspect drove the informer to a desolate stretch of desert and instructed him on using explosive devices.
Thirty years ago, the current site of the complex was a desolate stretch of swamp; part wetland, part garbage dump.
The proposed site for the port is a few miles away from Lamu island on a desolate stretch of the mainland.
The night before, on the drive in from North Dakota, I'd received a speeding ticket on a desolate stretch of road.
THE PLACE Enter Mister H through an alcove in the glassy edifice along a desolate stretch of Lafayette Street between Chinatown and SoHo.
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