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

Anne E. Thompson’s understated performance as Dani, a rookie cop patrolling the boonies, crept up slowly like a colt finding her hind legs.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023

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

In an odd way, though, there were times when I missed the adventure, even the danger, of the real war out in the boonies.

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