Both Uses
desolate
in
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
(Edited)
- I had never seen him look more desolately alone, and for a fleeting second I felt almost sorry for him.
p. 241.6 *desolately = in a manner that is extremely sad or miserable
- Near the slope where once cotton stalks had stood, their brown bolls popping with tiny puffs of cotton, the land was charred, desolate, black, still steaming from the night.
p. 266.6 *desolate = empty (of life)
Definitions:
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(1)
(desolate as in: felt desolate) sad or miserable--and often lonely
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(2)
(desolate as in: a desolate place) empty, providing no shelter or sustenance
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(3)
(desolate as in: desolated the region) destroyed; or emptied of people; or emptied of most plants and animals
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)