boonies
Example Sentences
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Gauging by the skull flag prominently displayed in Grady’s basement, the boonies of the Pacific Northwest are populated solely by unsocialized, militia-affiliated wild men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
We’re in the boonies of 18th-century Austria, a land of tall, lonely forests and craggy hillsides.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
After losing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in nationals, they're left to fend for themselves in the forested boonies of Canada.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 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
I just didn’t want to go back to the boonies anymore.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
