boonies

Example Sentences

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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

We lived out in the middle of nowhere, in the boonies, and our closest neighbor was two miles away.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2022

Isolated in the boonies with only the housekeeper to talk to, the governess longs to do something meaningful with her life and to be seen in full by the man she admires.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2020

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

Compared with the boonies it was cushy duty.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien