wilderness

Example Sentences

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Sometimes hungry villagers walk for more than three hours into the wilderness before locating the trees.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He’s understood in Ireland as a canny political operator who led his boring center-right party, Fianna Fáil, back to power after a decade in the wilderness.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Small-caps have been in the wilderness for over 15 years, points out Colas, DataTrek’s co-founder.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

He founded his nonprofit wilderness animal rescue organization, Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals, decades earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

He was surrounded by a cloud of steam where his own tears met his hot body: like a tiny kettle in the wilderness.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell