in the sticks
Example Sentences
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“And that’s a tribute to those down and distances when you’re ahead in the sticks a little bit.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022
In “Joyride,” an 8-year-old daughter of divorce, AJ, chauffeurs her father into a flood zone “out here in the sticks, with the coyotes and the rusted-out oil rigs.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
"We live right out in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere, so we got to hunker down and spend some time together," he says.
From BBC • May 6, 2021
Eugene and Daniel Levy’s comedy, beloved by critics, about a formerly wealthy Canadian family now living in the sticks returns for a sixth and final season.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2020
“We’re going farther out in the sticks than that,” she said, grunting.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
