boonies
Example Sentences
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Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson evoke the small-bore unraveling of new parenthood in the boonies, with Lawrence in particular throwing her whole body into a creeping alienation from one’s spouse and oneself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Anne E. Thompson’s understated performance as Dani, a rookie cop patrolling the boonies, crept up slowly like a colt finding her hind legs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
After losing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in nationals, they're left to fend for themselves in the forested boonies of Canada.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 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
“If he was laying out in the boonies, and he was calling to you needing your help, what would you do?”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
