concrete jungle

noun

: a modern city or urban area filled with large buildings and regarded especially as a harshly competitive, unwelcoming, or dangerous place

Examples of concrete jungle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Elsewhere in the concrete jungle, Wood and his team also had to build and stylize another part of New York through Yelena’s (Florence Pugh) elaborate bathhouse, built from scratch and based on spaces Wood discovered while scouting the city. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026

Over the years, the park’s canopy of palm, banyan and black olive trees has remained, a surviving slice of nature in the middle of a concrete jungle, even as more high-rises pop up all around. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

Nearly 27 years ago, Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin laid motionless on the concrete jungle surface of Veterans Stadium for the last time. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026

Great cities have great green spaces, serving as peaceful urban playgrounds and perfect escapes from the surrounding concrete jungle. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for concrete jungle

• antifungal
• fungal