jungly

Example Sentences

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Mr. Bergtold said his family has worked to preserve the atmosphere of an isolated tropical garden, even as villas light up the night on what used to be dark jungly mountains nearby.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

Guaidó grew up, with four siblings, in a suburb of La Guaira, a port town at the foot of the jungly mountains below Caracas.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

Would you like to see a slideshow of American Samoa’s stunning natural beauty, all jagged, jungly mountains and quiet coves, and hear how environmental and cultural stewardship work hand in hand in the territory?

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2018

Jibila is the traditional ruler — the paramount chief — of Penguia, a little domain of jungly hills and dusty villages 250 miles from the capital.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2014

She was standing bare-legged in the jungly weeds that grew up between our houses.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides