Most of the first group had already gathered in and around the square, which nonetheless looked oddly barren without the vendors and cafe tables.

All around was Yoyogi Park, looking stark and barren in the sere winter.

Orange trees extended on all sides, looking twisted and barren, their producing years long past.

When we landed, things looked pretty barren.

When you look very closely at what happened in these places, those far away hills can look pretty barren.

The land looked even more dry and barren than it had when we were on it.

The next planet looked barren and dead.

High mountains rose almost from the water's edge, looking huge and barren across the sea.

It would have looked barren if the leaves on the trees hadn't all turned yellow, making for a golden urban fall.