On the other hand, on the north side of the railway there stretched a stark desert, but unlike the one which lay on the other side of the Suez Canal.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Its northern shore was a stark desert, on which there were ruins of former Egyptian cities, but no trace of life.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
There was stark silence in the room.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey