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
Nam: It was a massive compound way out in the boonies!
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2021
It is Melbourne Park’s version of the boonies.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 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 knew there wasn’t much she could do with it in the boonies, but I gave it to her anyway.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
