boonies
Example Sentences
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Nam: It was a massive compound way out in the boonies!
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2021
It is Melbourne Park’s version of the boonies.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2021
Isolated in the boonies with only the housekeeper to talk to, the governess longs to do something meaningful with her life and to be seen in full by the man she admires.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2020
In contrast, New York and other older Eastern cities were already overflowing, and courses had to be built in the boonies.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 17, 2020
“I was looking in on another guy when I saw you sleeping and thought I recognized you. You been out in the boonies much?”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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