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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the
verbs desert and desertify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.
“As they sat on gray folding chairs in the desert wasteland, the war seemed to be in dismal shape.”
“I looked at the scorching desert sand as the silvery moon was cooling it.”
“For those who came first, it was hard work. They had no accommodation and had to clear and prepare the stark desert land for agricultural production.”
“Most widespread around the sandhills is scrub, which is a desertlike habitat of sandy mounds with scattered clumps of vegetation.”
“The surrounding country is desertlike and cut by gullies and washes with sheer escarpments and precipitous draws.”
“In South America, the Andes mountain range blocks Pacific moisture that arrives in that continent, resulting in a desertlike climate just downwind across western Argentina.”
