wilderness
Example Sentences
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Expectations were insanely high for this show — Bieber’s first large-scale concert after a few years he spent in the pop-star wilderness recovering from various health ailments of both the physical and mental variety.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
The stock spent years in the wilderness afterward, falling to as low as $1.50 in July 2022 from a 2017 closing high of $99.61.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Nature and the wilderness will continue to be the most satisfying and most reinvigorating way to spend our leisure time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Sometimes hungry villagers walk for more than three hours into the wilderness before locating the trees.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
And not only had Marina Raskova played a key role in the phenomenal achievement, but she had an amazing story of ten days of wilderness survival to tell along with it.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing wilderness
List 7
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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