How to Use wilderness in a Sentence
wilderness
noun- She enjoys hikes through the wilderness.
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The bull’s call seemed to be the very essence of the wilderness.
— Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024 -
And this will be in the wilderness Trek section of the zoo.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 June 2022 -
Weather can change in the blink of an eye in the wilderness.
— Outside Online, 1 July 2022 -
Sifting through the wilderness to get the good stuff can be tough.
— Wired, 1 Aug. 2022 -
Since his win at the 2019 Phoenix Open, he’s wandered the golf wilderness.
— The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023 -
He was dressed for the cold in a snowy wilderness joined by one of the family’s dogs.
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023 -
But if the goal is to spend the night in the wilderness, that isn’t beyond reach, even this weekend.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2022 -
The men’s basketball program has been lost in the wilderness for much of the past 15 years.
— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2024 -
After tragedy strikes, Ricky and Hec are forced to go on the run in the wilderness to avoid child services.
— Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 -
The first scene of 1923 had opened with Cara killing a man with a shotgun and screaming into the wilderness.
— Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2023 -
The 1980s saw Jaguar return to the top of the endurance racing world after a couple of decades in the wilderness.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2023 -
But that doesn’t mean he has been exiled to the show business wilderness.
— Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 May 2024 -
The most effective books don’t portray wilderness as a scary place—even the dark forests and the deep oceans.
— Emily Barone, Time, 12 Oct. 2022 -
The deputy who responded opened the hatch and allowed the javelina to return to the wilderness.
— Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022 -
From scaling the steep stairs at The Sphere to your wildest wilderness walks, no need to sacrifice on style.
— Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023 -
Things slow down on the front porch of this Canadian wilderness.
— Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022 -
Muir’s fingerprints are all over those years in the wilderness.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024 -
When the Sun goes down, this emits an eerie and enigmatic glow, to help guide you through those deep dark nights in the wilderness.
— New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Both stories take a Lord of the Flies approach to feral instincts that emerge in the wilderness.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Some made it to the wilderness only to start fires in hopes of being spotted and rescued.
— Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 -
But some truck owners like to leave the tarmac behind to have a little fun in the wilderness.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024 -
There’s nothing like sitting in a comfy camp chair next to the fire on a starry night in the wilderness.
— Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Maybe that means spending less time looking at birds on the app and more time looking at birds out in the wilderness.
— Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023 -
The border runs from the Baltic Sea through windswept farmlands and the Lapland wilderness to the frozen Arctic.
— Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 17 May 2022 -
Come nightfall, drive north out of Moab and head deep into the wilderness, spread out a blanket, and gaze up at the sky above.
— Alicia Erickson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022 -
The below items will prove to be not only useful, but also, fun to take out for a spin in the wilderness.
— Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 -
The narrative recounts the girl’s journey through the wilderness.
— Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Democrats will certainly have plenty of time in the wilderness over the next two years to think about how to avoid putting themselves in this position again.
— Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024 -
In their walk through the wilderness, Democrats will need to consider how to build a broader coalition that can defeat the cynical populism of Trump and his successors.
— Jamil Zaki, TIME, 23 Nov. 2024
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