dreary

• Life at the gulch was very desolate and dreary, and such a bright glad presence as the girl's would alleviate the monotony and disperse the gloom For the following week both men were busy preparing Stephen's cabin for her reception and trying to impart to it a bridal appearance. —  A Girl of the Klondike
• The way was dark and sometimes dreary, and Eline felt like one awakened from a beautiful dream before it was ended Through the pine forests, over mountains, in deep valleys, and by mighty streams they traveled. —  The Strange Little Girl A Story for Children
• Mr. Hill took them over the line--a dreary waste of slashings, then a wide expanse of prairie broken now and again by scrub-oak and hazel-groves; deep gullies here and there--swamps, sloughs and ponds, with assets of brant, wild geese, ducks and sand-hill cranes The road was in bad shape--the equipment worse. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
• Darkness came down over the dreary waste, making it appear still more desolate. —  In the Wilds of Africa
• The only creature which can journey comfortably over the dreary waste of the Sa-ha´ra is the camel, whose stomach is made in a peculiar way, so that it can drink a large quantity of water at a time, and store it up for future use Undaunted by fatigue or danger, Alexander pressed onward. —  The Story of the Greeks

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