1.   This whole area was deserted.

2.   Desert areas, explained Hasling, tend to get extremely hot because of the lack of cooling rains and heat-deflecting clouds.

3.   First, you and yours simply deserted the areas in our country most in need of the hope that jobs bring.

4.   If the area is deserted, you may want to throw your purse down and run.

5.   Many businesses, including light-industrial firms that serve the entertainment industry, began to desert the area.

6.   The area is deserted.

7.   The area was almost deserted by that point.

8.   A number of companies had wanted to ship B.C. water to desert areas in California and Arizona.

9.   But this week, the downtown shopping area was deserted.

10.   Jewish commercial areas were also deserted in observance of the Jewish Sabbath.