1.   Intense heat had created a completely barren landscape, almost like the moon.

2.   Miles flew by in the barren landscape, punctuated only by the carcasses of kangaroos on the line.

3.   As she retires, that barren landscape has changed.

4.   Below the whitewashed monastery, the little village seems to hang down the slope, its emerald fields of barley in startling contrast to the barren landscape.

5.   A sneak preview of the work-in-progress shows the once barren landscape studded with trees for riders to dodge.

6.   Aerial views show large patches of landscape as barren as a western desert, with parched brown earth eroding into nearby lakes and streams.

7.   Flowers and greenery were blown away, leaving a barren landscape, with only tree trunks protruding from denuded hills, Pagoada said.

8.   He had an even more acute sense than Du Camp for the drama of massed volumes and the poetry of barren landscape.

9.   In deference to the NCAA championship game, the NBA took last night off, giving us a chance to examine the barren landscape in the East.