boonies

Example Sentences

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Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson evoke the small-bore unraveling of new parenthood in the boonies, with Lawrence in particular throwing her whole body into a creeping alienation from one’s spouse and oneself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

Anne E. Thompson’s understated performance as Dani, a rookie cop patrolling the boonies, crept up slowly like a colt finding her hind legs.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Nam: It was a massive compound way out in the boonies!

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2021

In contrast, New York and other older Eastern cities were already overflowing, and courses had to be built in the boonies.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 17, 2020

Out here in the boonies of suburban Indiana, it was red versus green, Dragons versus Sabres.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia