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Definition of Barrenest
1. barren [adj] - See also: barren
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrenest
Literary usage of Barrenest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Afoot and Alone: A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures by Stephen Powers (1872)
""Wherever tho desert is barrenest, and on the mountains, they grow. They sentinel
their very ... In the barrenest wastes of life, if we would only go ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"It fits a man to deal with the barrenest and rockiest experience. A little
moisture, a fog, ... What is the barrenest waste to him, the barest rocks ? ..."
3. Essays on Educational Reformers by Robert Hebert Quick (1890)
"From the primary school to the college productive creative doing is almost wholly
excluded. Knowledge in its barrenest form is communicated, and tested in ..."
4. Essays on Educational Reformers by Robert Hebert Quick (1890)
"From the primary school to the college productive creative doing is almost wholly
excluded. Knowledge in its barrenest form is communicated, and tested in ..."
5. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"Even late in life some thaw, some release may take place, some bolt be shot back
in the barrenest breast, and the man's hard heart may soften and break into ..."
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