A barren woman. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Writing barren of insight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A residence of some years in barren Persia contributes in no small degree to the enjoyment of a scene like this. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
Reason was called a barren tree but faith was held to blossom like the rose. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of the Reformation] Reference
The financial policy, left in the hands of Chase, may truly be described as barren of ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North] Reference
They are called barren by many, these sandhills of the Atlantic coast, but I never find them so. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
The life they depict has been called barren, and the literary product has been described as thin. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Hawthorne] Reference
More of tundra species, the caribou, and this is the space, the Arctic tundra, often called a barren land. From Wordnik.com. [Endangered Spaces: The Future for Wilderness in Canada] Reference
Your cousin Elisabeth, who was called barren, is also pregnant in her old age, and has been for six months. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Tuckey describes the hills between Boma and Nkulu as stony and barren, which is perhaps a little too strong. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
It seems almost a mockery to call his barren old wife a "princess" - as the name "Sarah" means (Gen 17: 15). From Wordnik.com. [Crosswalk.com - Home] Reference
Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Online > Daily Readings] Reference
Even the fallow times, which we are so ready to call barren, must have their share in working the one needful work. From Wordnik.com. [England's Antiphon]
Who can not recall barren rooms, without a spark of attraction despite priceless treasures, dispersed in a meaningless way?. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
The Alps are kind of barren and it is..rather..odd. From Wordnik.com. [Small Town Life: One in a Series « Whatever] Reference
They like "barren" open spaces -- hence beaches and coastal parking lots. From Wordnik.com. [bird randomness] Reference
He was kind of barren of any kind of emotion whatsoever, as I assume the father is. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2003] Reference
The word "barren" sounds almost comical now but was a commonplace label a century ago. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jon LaPook: Infertility: Have You Checked Your Sperm?] Reference
They're inside the old k'sheyna boundaries now, and not just in the old 'barren' zone. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
She'd never thought of the landscape as "barren" during the years she'd traveled with Reen. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
And whether or not these women are childless by choice, they do not live a so-called "barren" lifestyle. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Kuhn: First Online Community for (Savvy) Aunts Launches] Reference
But he too crumbled, and now I'm left with some kind of barren field where the grass has forgotten how to grow. From Wordnik.com. [He too crumbled] Reference
But the mine where they're located is, you know, in the middle of this kind of barren, kind of slightly mountainous plain. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Months Before Chilean Miners Are Freed] Reference
Apparently, this "barren" place, home to polar bears, wolves, caribou, and sheep, is a place "desolate" enough to drill for oil. From Wordnik.com. [Palin: 'We Eat Organic -- We Just Have To Shoot It First'] Reference
Tom never had what you might call a barren seance.”. From Wordnik.com. [When Last I Died]
In 1987, the street was kind of barren when compared to today. From Wordnik.com. [Crosscut] Reference
Locals call the traffic triangles along Baltimore Avenue "barren" and. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Pennsylvanian] Reference
Cultivable lands turn 'barren' in Bellary photo: Creative Commons/Jeff Kubina. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Political Fraud Exposed for GM crops approved in Western Australia January 2010] Reference
It was the same kind of barren formation that he, himself, had been walking over all day. From Wordnik.com. [Space Prison] Reference
"The hallway is kind of barren up there," Black said of the space where the case would be situated. From Wordnik.com. [The Derrick] Reference
That controversy was assuredly "barren" to my brother in everything but the testimony of a good conscience. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885] Reference
I am always preparing and never accomplishing, and my energy is swallowed up in a kind of barren curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Amiel's Journal] Reference
Apparently, this "barren" place, stated, "I personally understand the importance of protecting the environment.". From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Finally, when they reached a rocky "barren," where the little fire had found no fuel, she felt his tautened thews relax. From Wordnik.com. [In Old Kentucky] Reference
I am always preparing and never accomplishing, and my energy is swallowed up in a kind of barren curiosity. ". From Wordnik.com. [Amiel's Journal] Reference
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