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

Living off the grid in “the boondocks,” she and her husband are used to having to stock up on food, water and gas for their generator in case of emergencies.

From Los Angeles Times

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

On freezing days I have to take bus 209, which is the bus that goes to the apartments, the trailer park outside of town, and all the way out in the boondocks.

From Literature

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

From The Verge