All's Well That Ends Well
He started leisurely walking towards a barren hill, whistling and swinging the bucket back and forth as he did so. on top of the hill was a brick well that provided water for them during dry spells.
Watching for Giants
As far as she could see, there was merely miles of barren grassy landscape. a couple rolling hills that would probably be mountains to the micros. but no signs of life.
The husky in The Moonlight
Sen zipped up his last travel bag and sighed looking at his now barren room, it was hard for him to believe this time had already came.
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 22)
Further down, a lone scarebug stood guard over a barren vegetable patch. too cold to grow veggies, it seems. it was a humble but comely scene. "i always though the school took care of it." desmond comments.
COMMISSION - Story for Seraphon
They came from the only point of warmth and light in the barren landscape - a small fire that hummed gently, providing a fragile counterpoint to the seemingly limitless darkness of a night-time world without artificial light.
Trials of Love, the Frostclaw Chronicles 6
So how can it come here when it was barren a bit ago?" getting to his feet again, he walked over to the tree.
Kofuku: A World Reborn Chapter One: New beginning
The first few hundred years passed through famine and barren landscapes, but the beasts reclaimed and repaired what man so quickly destroyed. it wasn't easy and warring tribes still grab for territory, but the world remains, the world survived.
Shadows on The ICE Prologue & Chapter 1
The terrain was so barren that the only indication that he was moving at all was the steady growing of the ever-closer cave in the mountain.
Chapter 5
Zora stepped out into the sunlight; main street was oddly barren, nobody in sight. he started down the street towards the guild ward, but today he wasn't after a bounty. "zora!"
Chapter 6 - Mount Greenville
A small dirt road branched out from the trail into the forest, and a barren patch of ground laid at the end of it.
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 2
Houses flashed by in a whirl of white and brown, and surprised foxes looked up from their barren gardens at the happy vixen running past. let them have their gossip, let her mother yell herself hoarse. life was too wonderful to waste on such things.
Deep Space - Chapter 2, Vrounc
We managed to get down to the surface without hyper speeding down there, and landed in a barren wasteland. there was thick, heavy, greenish fog, and we couldn't see very far beyond our own visors.