asphalt jungle
Example Sentences
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The annual Dubai Ride saw bikes race down Sheikh Zayed Road, a 10-lane asphalt jungle that gives drivers a view of the world’s tallest building and other sites.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
It doesn’t feel all that safe to navigate this asphalt jungle from the supposed haven of a crosswalk.
From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2019
While the Miser enjoys a short vacation, let those of us left behind create our own staycation on the cheap, right here in our boiling but beloved asphalt jungle.
From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2014
While Strydom captured scenes of rural African soccer, the American painter Marcus Jansen’s urban expressionistic paintings set the sport in a surrealistic asphalt jungle.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2010
Myers' work in slum and Negro areas of Jersey City, New York and Chicago has won him the reputation of being more at home in the asphalt jungle than the pulpit.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
