How to Use wilderness in a Sentence

wilderness

noun
  • 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
  • Jupiter to cut a road through the wilderness to New River.
    Scott Luxor, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2021
  • 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
  • The segment felt like a voice crying in the wilderness.
    Steve Andriole, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • 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
  • His long years in the wilderness have taught him nothing.
    New York Times, 30 July 2021
  • Two strangers are tasked with staying alive in the wilderness for 21 days.
    Mike Bloom, Outside Online, 1 July 2021
  • 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
  • But at the time, Pesonen had no idea what to say about wilderness.
    Leisl Carr Childers, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
  • And, if so, is the program doomed to a period in the wilderness?
    Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Homer and Marge are lost in the wilderness and push themselves to the limit to survive.
    Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Safe travels! Love the cold and want to retreat into the wilderness?
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The deputy who responded opened the hatch and allowed the javelina to return to the wilderness.
    Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • There are five walk-in wilderness campsites and a system of trails.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
  • 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
  • In the Cut — this time the menace lies in the wide expanses of the American wilderness.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Muir’s fingerprints are all over those years in the wilderness.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • He’s been burrowing deep inside the desperate mind of a man trapped in the wilderness with a pack of feral teen girls for years.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 June 2025
  • What followed was seven years of wandering in the wilderness, as HBO struggled to emulate the Netflix model.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025

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