barren-looking

These barren-looking mountains are covered instead by dense mountain brush that is dominated by mountain big sagebrush, western serviceberry, snowberry, and low sagebrush.

Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA) 2009

It is an apple tree, growing miraculously out of the barren-looking pebbles in a low crown only three to four feet high but seven yards in diameter and thirty in circumference.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

It is an apple tree, growing miraculously out of the barren-looking pebbles in a low crown only three to four feet high but seven yards in diameter and thirty in circumference.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

It is an ugly, barren-looking place enough — a deep valley between two high ranges, which are not entirely clear of snow for more than three or four months in the year.

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 2004

Sheep also do well on the mountains; and a breed of hardy ponies in much repute all over the Archipelago, runs half-wild, so that it appears as if this island, so barren-looking and devoid of the usual features of tropical vegetation, were yet especially adapted to supply a variety of products essential to Europeans, which the other islands will not produce, and which they accordingly import from the other side of the globe.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

The hope of such wilderness — as barren-looking as desert sandstone — ever blossoming again seems forbidden.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

MacNabs which ran down towards the sand, two black, barren-looking trees stood up like demon hands held up in astonishment, and as Mrs

The Complete Father Brown 2003

MacNabs which ran down towards the sand, two black, barren-looking trees stood up like demon hands held up in astonishment, and as Mrs

The Complete Father Brown 2003

Piemur wasn't sure that he would like living in such a barren-looking Hold, even if no Thread could ever attack it.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

It was a barren-looking place, devoid of rim-clinging trees such as decorated the cliffs of Arsudun.

Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979