desolate-looking

The rooms are clean, but large and desolate-looking, and are generally ornamented with caricatures of the Virgin and uncouth representations of miracles.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

Yet by no means could I be sure that it was not a sudden fancy, born of the eeriness of that desolate-looking vale; the more so as I was like to be deceived because of the uncertainty which the light of the moon gives.

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

Passing by a bare, desolate-looking cemetery, I asked a sad-looking woman who was leaning on the gate if she could direct me to Golden City.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

We rowed ourselves over in a crazy boat, which seemed about to fill and sink when we got to the middle of the river, and attended service at Port Hill, one of the most desolate-looking places I ever saw.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

On three sides of us was this awful, desolate-looking precipice — a dreary, gloomy, God-forsaken kind of spot.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

“Though at first sight a most strange and desolate-looking place to build a village on, it has many advantages,” he recalled later.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The little, grey, desolate-looking hamlet, unscreened by sheltering trees, lay in sight long before he reached it, and as he came near he could hear the sound of voices singing a hymn.

Adam Bede 2004

“Though at first sight a most strange and desolate-looking place to build a village on, it has many advantages,” he recalled later.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Though at first sight a most strange and desolate-looking place to build a village on, it has many advantages.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

By the time that he reached the desolate-looking lodge at the demesne gate, he was nearly wet through, and was besmeared with mud up to his knees.

Castle Richmond 2004