| It was a young horse, seeking in its desolateness the neighbourhood of a human being. |
| It would be like talking at length about the desolateness of the Scottish Highlands without mentioning the Highland Clearances. |
| Part of what was startling about the book was its desolateness, its apparent lack of pleasure in anything to do with the sport. |
| I remember I was driving from Leh to Manali and seeing the desolateness I told my wife this was the perfect place to die. |
| The desolateness of the poor girls had perhaps been greater than their grief. |
| There was a kind of desolateness in our life, though we did not understand it at the time. |
