Barren Grounds
plural noun
a sparsely inhabited region of tundra in N Canada, especially in the area W of Hudson Bay.
- Also called Barren Lands .
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How to use Barren Grounds in a sentence
This part of the island is the most barren land we have seen in the country.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsLike water sweet in barren land it lies within our lives, ever by its unsolved formula awakening us to fuller freedom.
The love letters of Abelard and Heloise | Peter AbelardIn his day "manured land" generally meant cultured land in opposition to wild and barren land.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeThe once barren land of this region is now being made fertile by irrigation.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX | Joel PalmerIt's a stony, barren land—this part of France—and the fields are covered with pebbles.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust | Hallam Hawksworth
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