hinterlands
Example Sentences
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But he might be more fired up about selling his sailboat and using the money to buy undeveloped property in the hinterlands of Appalachian Tennessee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I had not seen another person for quite a while as I biked deeper into the hinterlands of the island, connecting to East End Light Road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
You can still find reruns in cable’s hinterlands or purchase the series, but the public seems resolved to acknowledge its impact without revisiting episodes in full.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025
To call them weird, to banish them to the monstrous hinterlands, is to claw back the ability to define whether behavior is prosocial or antisocial, to determine what principles we should be conforming to.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
“Your hinterlands are not precious to me. Your person is. Should any ill befall you, this world would lose its savor.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
