outdoors

Example Sentences

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They were outdoors working from dawn to dusk, and many ended up with frostbite on their hands and feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"He inspired many generations of mountaineers to explore the outdoors, including me. I'm grateful for the time I spent with him over the years," Ferguson wrote on Wednesday.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

For the first two months at the Matsapha Correctional Centre, Rom said he and fellow deportees "went through misery" -- allowed outdoors for only 15 minutes a day and given one weekly phone call.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

And because children tend to spend more time outdoors than adults and engage in more physical activity, they may have higher exposure to outdoor air pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The houses promised by the government were incomplete, the cement still wet, so they slept outdoors at first, terrified of snakes and other wild animals in the bushy new clearing.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo