in the 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
I’m not talking about a motel in the boonies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or a drafty log cabin on a lake in Maine or Minnesota.
From Salon • May 7, 2024
She said the nearby Cedarpines Park community “is a big elderly community. They live in the boonies, and nobody’s gone there yet.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023
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 was looking in on another guy when I saw you sleeping and thought I recognized you. You been out in the boonies much?”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
