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 two had been 14 hours into the Inuvik Weekend Warrior Fat Bike Challenge - a three-day cycle across frozen rivers, remote highways and Canada's Arctic wilderness - when they were forced to withdraw.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

He’s understood in Ireland as a canny political operator who led his boring center-right party, Fianna Fáil, back to power after a decade in the wilderness.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Nearly 60 years ago, a cowboy rode on horseback into the Northern California wilderness with a 16mm camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Deprivation and hardship were just part of the job of exploring and surviving in the Brazilian wilderness.

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