They were both looking for a desolate place, to avoid the crowds.

Also I was very lonely in this strange and desolate place.

Why had he climbed up to this high, desolate place?

Perhaps they suspected no one would ever come to a place so high and desolate.

If everyone spoke the same language what a desolate place the world would be.

He had come to this desolate place for a reason.

There was nothing to fear from him, and perhaps it meant company in this desolate place.

Served them right for bringing him to this desolate place.

We lived in a desolate place, I can't say where.

Indeed, a more weird and desolate place I don't remember ever to have met with.