And already the howls of outrage are echoing across the desolate scene of this bleak tragedy.

The sheer shabbiness of the desolate scene made it seem that nothing could stir up action.

It was difficult to imagine a more desolate scene.

There was no other sign of man's handiwork in all that desolate scene.

We reached the top of a rise, and there beneath us lay the most desolate scene that ever I have seen.

They dreTM the curtain aside and looked out over the desolate scene.

Jonnie looked at the desolate scene of ruin.

The whole desolate scene is one of crushed power.

It was a desolate scene in the middle of the city.

A child's memory could paint even the most desolate scene in glowing colors.