How to Use barren of in a Sentence

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• The area was very flat and barren of vegetation since land plants had yet to evolve.
  — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2022
• Too hot, and the fire can turn large areas into a moonscape barren of the seeds needed for new growth.
  — NBC News, 22 Sep. 2020
• The normally bustling, chaotic streets were barren of life.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2021
• In this country the south slopes are barren of timber, for the summer sun bakes them with heat too intense for trees or brush to survive.
  — Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2020
• Sometimes the trailheads are barren of snow, but harsh elements may be hiding a few hundred feet up the path.
  — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• Instead, the Rainy flowed gently inside winding banks that were barren of snow but not yet greening.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
• More often than not, the patties are almost barren of fat barnacles.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
• But one constant that hasn’t changed for Sapphire Creek is its vantage – stunning, now snow-laden trees barren of leaves dotted along a winding creek in the Chagrin Valley.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 22 Feb. 2021
• It has not been trimmed for several years and is looking leggy and somewhat barren of foliage in the sunnier locations.
  — oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2021
• Dead trees — conifers that are completely red or orange — are the easiest to spot, but the observers can also pinpoint trees that are barren of needles in some areas.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2022
• Four stood out as especially barren of available homes.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2022
• Dealership lots have been largely barren of new car inventory and consumers have had to order cars and face long waits and high prices, in some cases over sticker.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2021
• Spots left barren of vegetation by the rash of wildfires throughout the West are especially prone to flash flooding when pelted by heavy rainfall.
  — Noah Berger, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• Some dealership lots were nearly barren of inventory to sell.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 9 Jan. 2023
• During the Cambrian period, an explosion of diversity occurred in the world’s oceans while the surrounding land remained barren of plant and animal life.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• At this point, properties barren of IoT technology are doing their investors, operators and staff a disservice.
  — Demetrios Barnes, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• While Anchorage grocery shelves remained mostly stocked in recent days, spot shortages left refrigerated sections at some stores largely barren of essentials, especially eggs, juice, dairy items and produce, along with some frozen foods.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024