Both Uses of
desolate
in
Babbitt
- He was pitching the chill abominations into the bath-tub, pleased by the vindictiveness of that desolate flapping sound; and in the midst his wife serenely trotted in, observed serenely, "Why Georgie dear, what are you doing?†
Chpt 1
- The fireplace was unsoftened by downy ashes or by sooty brick; the brass fire-irons were of immaculate polish; and the grenadier andirons were like samples in a shop, desolate, unwanted, lifeless things of commerce.†
Chpt 7 *
Definition:
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(desolate as in: felt desolate) sad or miserable--and often lonely