How to Use wilderness in a Sentence

wilderness

noun
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  • She enjoys hikes through the wilderness.
  • 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
  • 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 narrative recounts the girl’s journey through the wilderness.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2023
  • As always, take care of the landscape and use best-wilderness practices.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 28 July 2022
  • Nick’s Lagoon — a pond-shaped salt marsh the size of a football field that spills in and out of Hood Canal with the ebb of the tides — is far from pristine wilderness.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • For those acclimated to rugged life in the wilderness, this is likely a non-issue whatsoever.
    — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The use of devices similar to tiki torches, candles, open flame kerosene lanterns are prohibited in the back country wilderness.
    — Buffalo National River, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024

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