Sentence examples for barren summer from inspiring English sources

And after all the contretemps of a practically barren summer, the Red Bulls find themselves, a bit incongruously, only two points out of first place in the Eastern Conference with two matches to play.

I HAVEN'T seen Lambert's Cove this barren since 1986.

Above the desk is a color photograph of an anonymous, barren winter landscape.

There were two more championships in the 1970s, none in the barren 1980s and three in the 1990s.

The Golan Heights is an area that was barren 50 years ago and is now populated, fertile and beautiful.

Although Atlanta was spared the tornadoes that left other parts of the South barren this spring, it caught the residual strong winds, which wreaked havoc on drought-weakened trees.

On the new-play front, after a barren fall, next month should bring the openings of three or maybe all four nominees.

Their top scorer Sergio Agüero has not found the net in five appearances since returning from a knee injury, Stevan Jovetic last scored on New Year's Day and Edin Dzeko has been barren since September.

As ever, it is ingeniously constructed to trigger a response even among the most emotionally barren: this year, featuring a young girl who spots a lonely man on the moon through her telescope.

The great plains where the Indians roamed in search of buffalo are now a great forest of pale orange and yellow, miles and miles of artificial lights laid out on the land like millions of barren Christmas trees.

Barren winter trees allowed our elderly neighbors, Dave and Flippy, to keep a watchful eye on events at our place, and often Dave would telephone to offer assistance: "Hey, I wasn't doing anything and wondered if you want me to bring my tractor up.