Sentence examples for make a desert from inspiring English sources

"In Aleppo, Russia and the Syrian regime seek to make a desert and call it peace.

Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours.

I find myself quoting Tacitus: "They make a desert and call it peace" — or, in this case, adjustment.

The most devastating critique of the Roman empire comes in an imagined speech put in the mouth of a British tribal leader ("they make a desert and call it peace") and was penned by one of Rome's most distinguished senators, the historian Tacitus.

In many cases, when we make a desert claim we mention a distributor.

"To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace," wrote the Roman historian Tacitus.

A peopl'd city made a desert place.

We made a desert and, since we could hardly call it peace, we called it an old story.

On Monday, Ireland's envoy, Richard Ryan, said: "Making a desert and calling it peace is hardly a wise policy".

Perhaps soon we will have a retread of Tacitus's line of making a desert and calling it peace.

Players earn a single point for each eight-hour trip completed between the two cities, making a Desert Bus high score perhaps the most costly in gaming.