All 5 Uses of
desolate
in
Main Street
- The scattered houses between which they passed in town were small and desolate in contrast to the expanse of huge snowy yards and wide street.†
Chpt 15
- Guy looked after her desolately.†
Chpt 16 *
- Bea, the chubby and humming Bea, impartially gave cookies and scoldings to both children, and if Carol refused a cup of coffee and a wafer of buttered knackebrod, she was desolated.†
Chpt 26
- Each day it seemed impossible to get through the desolation of not seeing him.†
Chpt 33
- The moment was not the highest of her life, but the lowest and most desolate, which was altogether excellent, for instead of slipping downward she began to climb.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(desolate as in: felt desolate) sad or miserable--and often lonely