in the 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
We lived out in the middle of nowhere, in the boonies, and our closest neighbor was two miles away.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2022
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
