backwoods

Example Sentences

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In the 2009 film “Get Low,” he was a backwoods hermit who staged his own funeral.

From Los Angeles Times

The era of mega-fires is causing a little noticed climate migration that is reshaping life for thousands of people in California’s backwoods, pushing small, self-reliant mountain communities to the brink of extinction.

From Los Angeles Times

They paid the midwife $7.50 for me — this was in the backwoods of Louisiana.”

From Los Angeles Times

A hiker who was lost in the backwoods of British Columbia for more than five weeks has been found alive.

From BBC

He looks like the backwoods version of a wise wizard from the movies.

From Literature