boonies

Example Sentences

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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

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

“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