It is a sad and desolate place.
"Detroit became a desolate place".
Chiawelo is a desolate place.
The Chernobyl exclusion zone is still a desolate place.
Found in mountain valleys, endless meadows and desolate deserts, these properties offer an authentic Wild West experience, complete with log cabins, cattle drives, guided horseback rides and cowboy-style cookouts.
In "Hell or High Water," the economic devastation of small towns is pinned on banks, which have floated loans and repossessed properties, shuttering businesses, leaving neighborhoods desolate, and pushing residents to desperation.
It's a desolate, scorched-earth kind of place.
The north end of the strip, where work on the Echelon and the Fontainebleau hotels has halted, feels especially desolate, and casts a pall of gloom around other nearby properties.For a state whose prosperity has been built on construction and tourism, the downturn has been savage.
Vacant properties and parking lots, she recalled, gave much of the area a desolate quality despite its location near the heart of the city.
