middle of nowhere
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Auditors are often tasked with traveling to the middle of nowhere and tallying up a large amount of unusual things, from chickens and pigs to quarry rocks, corn, traffic lights and telephone poles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
We’re in the middle of nowhere in the north of England in an old manor house where her wedding was.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Because he bought two mobile homes some time ago, and a 2.5-acre lot in the middle of nowhere and started renting them before he retired.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
But the quarterback, who hails from the agricultural Central Valley of California, told reporters his toughness came from being a "country boy" from "out in the middle of nowhere."
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
It was muddy, it was dark, we were in the middle of nowhere, and right then we had cows that were miles away.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
![]()