backwoods
Example Sentences
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They paid the midwife $7.50 for me — this was in the backwoods of Louisiana.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Little is known about Mr Benastick's condition or how he survived in the backwoods.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Rust Cohle slow dances with murmurings about Carcosa in Season 1, and the anthology’s creator Nic Pizzolatto spiced up the mystique by depositing backwoods fetishes near crime scenes.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
Mr. Blackstone, 56, began fighting fires during his college years when he worked as a backwoods ranger, often getting called in to help with forest fires.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
I know he grew up on a farm in the backwoods of Nova Scotia, where they didn’t have running water or electricity.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
