wilderness

Example Sentences

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It’s an indignant question, one she’s asked herself repeatedly this past year, a time of “total shock” during which she and her husband found themselves in the wilderness instead of the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Mr. Moore laments that, because of such thinking, the comeback of the Eastern wilderness may be reversed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Ross Stewart ends four years in the international wilderness with a place in Scotland's World Cup squad, while teenager Findlay Curtis is also included but there is no spot for Lennon Miller.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

It’s just a giant piece of grass and wilderness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Tall and lean with salt-and-pepper hair and a handlebar mustache, at first glance forty-eight-year-old Cherrie didn’t necessarily look like someone who had spent the last twenty-five years in the South American wilderness.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple