backwoods
Example Sentences
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In the 2009 film “Get Low,” he was a backwoods hermit who staged his own funeral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
A hiker who was lost in the backwoods of British Columbia for more than five weeks has been found alive.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Rust Cohle slow dances with murmurings about Carcosa in Season 1, and the anthology’s creator Nic Pizzolatto spiced up the mystique by depositing backwoods fetishes near crime scenes.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
Mr. Blackstone, 56, began fighting fires during his college years when he worked as a backwoods ranger, often getting called in to help with forest fires.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Years ago a friend and I were served hickory milk in rural Georgia by an eccentric backwoods artist named St. EOM who claimed Creek descent.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
