Sentence examples for barren cliffs from inspiring English sources

As Spanish costas go, this one is worlds apart from Dorada or Blanca — fewer nightclubs and English breakfasts; more barren cliffs, surfers and fish restaurants.

Meera Subramanian is the author of "A River Runs Again: India's Natural World in Crisis from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka".

Head back down to the coast to stunning Cape St Vincent – you'll find remote, barren cliffs, crashing waves, an ancient fort and a lighthouse that shines its powerful light 60 miles out into the Atlantic.

But the bulk of his time, in every season, was devoted to food: in fact, during the forays that Trachi in the vigor of his youth frequently undertook among the barren cliffs and gorges of his native island, he always, following an instinct for prudence, brought along, tucked under his arms, two big bundles of grass or foliage, gathered in times of rest.

Seagulls seem to have picked the barren cliffs raw.

The land where the estates were supposed to stand is a barren cliff top, overgrown with weeds.

Volcanic in origin, the islands are rocky and barren, with precipitous cliffs up to 1,000 feet (300 m) in height rising straight up from the Atlantic Ocean.

Eastern red-cedar, a dry-loving species, clings to the barren edges of cliffs.

Being naturally adapted to rocky ravines, sea cliffs, and barren sites, the bird has readily accepted the sides of buildings, bridges, and other man-made "cliffs".

Crashing down over vertiginous cliffs so barren they look like a black-and-white photograph, Dettifoss is nature at its most indifferent to the human scale.

"The song 'Iceland' is the closest to describing the feelings I had of loss and darkness and disconnection after the embolism," she said, referring to its images of icy cliffs and barren landscapes.