boonies
Example Sentences
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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
It is Melbourne Park’s version of the boonies.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2021
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
This’ll sound crazy, I know—a kid like me from the boonies on the Eastern Shore—but what I want to do someday is design buildings—maybe even parks and stuff.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
