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

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

We had reached Alpha Company in the boonies and were sitting in the commanding officer’s hooch.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers