wilderness
Example Sentences
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We live on the edge of wilderness and consequently the meat smell brings any number of visitors from the woods.
From Literature
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He named the dog “Delta” and, according to his website, that “was just the beginning of many more wilderness rescues to come.”
From Los Angeles Times
Where the Academy had the polished and manicured look of a college campus, this looked every inch the uninhabited wilderness.
From Literature
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A journey into the wilderness of 18th-century Canada starts with a tantalizing mineral sample brought back to an English outpost.
In the Arctic wilderness, there is nothing to eat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.