boondocks

Example Sentences

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Maybe this special group moves "off the grid" into the boondocks where they could text and drive without fear of oversight.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2023

He and his wife, Amanda Verbeck, having not had a getaway in a while, went off into the boondocks over the weekend.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

Suddenly not among the moneyed class, she hustled herself through the redbrick boondocks of the University of Vermont.

From The Verge • May 12, 2021

They shot the film in Kentucky, deep in the boondocks at the height of summer.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020

Leah continued her news report about the all-important boondocks village of our childhood fame, which in my opinion is better off to forget.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver