often attributive
1
a
: an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation
b
: a tract overgrown with thickets or masses of vegetation
2
3
: electronic dance music that combines elements of techno, reggae, and hip-hop and is marked especially by an extremely fast beat
4
: a hobo camp
Examples of jungle in a Sentence
life in the corporate jungle
It's hard to succeed in the business world. It's a jungle out there.
a jungle of environmental laws
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Locavore is Bali’s most celebrated fine dining spot, where jungle-to-table tasting menus spotlight native ingredients and inventive technique.
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Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
The film draws from hundreds of hours of footage as Good both explores the jungles of Venezuela as well as tours his mom around the suburbs of New Jersey.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
According to Albert Speer’s Inside the Third Reich, Hitler was agitated by Owens’s four-gold-medal performance, and declared that Black athletes were jungle primitives who should be excluded from future competitions.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
During the brutal days of filming, Sheen, then in his mid-30s, had a near-fatal heart attack while in the middle of the jungle.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
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Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
The film draws from hundreds of hours of footage as Good both explores the jungles of Venezuela as well as tours his mom around the suburbs of New Jersey.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
According to Albert Speer’s Inside the Third Reich, Hitler was agitated by Owens’s four-gold-medal performance, and declared that Black athletes were jungle primitives who should be excluded from future competitions.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
During the brutal days of filming, Sheen, then in his mid-30s, had a near-fatal heart attack while in the middle of the jungle.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jungle
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“Jungle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jungle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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jungle
noun
jun·gle
ˈjəŋ-gəl 
1
: a thick tangled mass of tropical vegetation
2
: an area overgrown with jungle or other vegetation
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