noun
definition
(usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
Examples of desert in a Sentence
The desert night was cold and dark.
She turned away from the desert and crossed her arms.
A chill descended over the desert compound as the sun set.
She trailed, stepping into the chilled desert night.
The landing overlooked the parched desert surrounding the black fortress.
If you are in a desert dying of thirst, you value the first glass of water very highly, the second glass a bit less, and the 802nd not at all.
They were in the middle of the desert in New Mexico.
The sun peeked over the desert horizon to the east.
Standing in the desert sun, he couldn't help thinking she wasn't beyond his reach anymore.
The desert heat couldn't reach her private cloud.
The moons hung well above the horizon, and the desert air was chilly enough for her to see her breath.
Beyond where the compound ended, she saw the tan sands of the desert punctuated by short, round shrubs It's called Traveling.
The dry desert heat gave way to cool sea breeze, and a massive apple tree protected her from the sun overhead.
Apparently scrounging food off the desert wasn't nearly as easy as harnessing a team of mules.
His eyes traveled from the desert to the sky.
When assured she'd follow, he released her and marched on into the desert, away from the mountain.
Were the Indians waiting in desert ahead?
But it would be hot as hell crossing the desert in Utah and Nevada.
The desert around him was quiet and the sky overhead clear.
The long ordeal in the desert was over, but what waited for her now was uncertain.
Any thought she had of trying to make it here faded whenever she saw the desert or thought about how Darkyn manipulated her.
Not that she was likely to see him again - especially out here in the desert, hundreds of miles from their little Texas ranch.
The desert was flat, the rock formations and canyons plentiful.
Some of the best restaurants for outdoor enthusiasts are here, as the beach and mountains are side by side with the desert not too far away.
Menu items vary, but typical items include exotic salads, several meat entrees and a couple desert choices that incorporate local fruit.
The Frenchman had materialized from the desert on his bay.
By the time she reached the wagon, the desert was bathed in moonlight.
He looked around and found a familiar dirt trail that led to a large rock overlooking the desert he'd sat on earlier to watch the sunset.
She stood on a covered landing of a fortress made of black stones overlooking a parched desert beneath dual suns too faded to provide anything other than indirect light.
Her gaze turned to the desert.
On either side of the river valley a steppe-like desert, covered in the spring with verdure, the rest of the year barren and brown, stretches away as far as the eye can see.
The city lies where the desert meets the mountains, with many hiking, mountain biking, golfing and river rafting opportunities.
The mules were lathered - a condition that could be dangerous in the desert.
I know we'll probably never learn the answer, but I still can't fathom what could have happened back in Boston to make Annie Quincy desert a comfortable life.
He opened his eyes to find them off a dirt road in the high desert somewhere.
The heat of the desert disappeared as he dropped through the portal to the immortal world.
Near the desert gateway between worlds, Darian found his rhythm.
His power swelled, until dark clouds blocked the desert sun.
The ground dropped out from under her, and she landed in the desert on her belly.
Darian watched the sky turn from dark to dawn, unconcerned with the chilly desert morning.
Unfortunately, the southern routes ran into the desert, and the armies were too far to return in enough time to stave off any attack Memon planned in the next fortnight.
Even in the desert the heat had not been so oppressive... and one day it had reached over a hundred.
Below this point the back country on the Syrian side has always been a complete desert.
The region of the Colorado river is largely desert, with occasional buttes and spurs.
Invectivarum in Hieronymum Libri II; (4) Apologia pro Fide Sua ad Anastasium Pontificem; (5) Historia Eremitica - consisting of the lives of thirty-three monks of the Nitrian desert; 1 (6) Expositio Symboli, a commentary on the creed of Aquileia comparing it with that of Rome, which is valuable for its evidence as to church teaching in the 4th century.
To their south lies the Saharan desert.
Within the limits indicated the country consists mainly of sandy desert and rugged and arid steppes and plateaus through which the Nile forces its way to Upper Egypt.
This canal flows through land that in 1889 was practically desert.
At the age of forty, when the leading man in Siena, he retired along with two companions to live a hermit's life at Accona, a desert place fifteen miles to the south of Siena, 1313.
He commanded the advanced guard of General Lomakine's column from Kinderly Bay, in the Caspian, to join General Verefkin, from Orenburg, in the expedition to Khiva in 1874, and, after great suffering on the desert march, took a prominent part in the capture of the Khivan capital.