Sentence examples for otherwise barren from inspiring English sources

You'd almost believe the company owns only idyllic oases within an otherwise barren retailing landscape.

Scientists say the reefs provide shelter for fish and marine life along an otherwise barren seafloor.

In one stretch, the houses have been razed, leaving only slabs of concrete in otherwise barren swaths of land.

But as February turned to March, Europe's strategists were on the lookout for the first green shoots in this otherwise barren landscape.

Radal Siete Tazas national park – an easy addition to any Central valley wine-tasting trip – is an oasis of greenery in an otherwise barren corner of the Andes.

But, as Brown reveals, those cutting remarks and outrageous scenes were a form of bizarre achievement and autonomy in a life that was otherwise barren.

The photo showed Mr. Obama, sitting with his laptop and a small potted plant, in a room that was otherwise strangely barren.

They are a glowing union of life and light surrounded by darkness, two orbiting stars whose luminous love may be the only warmth in an otherwise empty barren universe.

Where access is possible, the roof becomes a potential gardening spot that would otherwise be barren.

In this day of diminishing garden space, planted paving permits greenery in an area that would otherwise be barren.

Avandia's success was crucial to SmithKline, whose labs were otherwise all but barren of new products.