hinterlands

Example Sentences

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Philo subscribers can watch it on demand, and episodes can still be encountered on a hunt through the cable hinterlands.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

She demonstrated her skill and courage while on the run from Nazi snipers in the hinterlands of Croatia and Slovenia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 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

Some of that derives from the fact that Saba narrates in the present tense as he conducts his search through Georgia’s towns and hinterlands, giving the novel some forward thrust.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

So Dany had dispatched her tiny khalasar to subdue the hinterlands, under the command of her three bloodriders, whilst Brown Ben Plumm took his Second Sons south to guard against Yunkish incursions.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin