How to Use jungle in a Sentence

jungle

noun
  • It's hard to succeed in the business world. It's a jungle out there.
  • There are fights and jokes and lots of sweaty jungle scenery.
    — Eva Holland, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Right by the beach, they are bordered by lush jungle.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • An eerie silence fell over the jungle.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Guests can choose from rooms or suites with either jungle or beach views.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • All of it is gone and you are left in the jungle to figure it out.
    — Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This one comes in a fun jungle print and even has crinkly leaves for babies to play with.
    — Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
  • What value do the concepts of good and evil hold in the jungle?
    — Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The soldiers raped the girls and then took them into the jungle.
    — The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2021
  • What’s your advice for people who think that the jungle is a mess?
    — Arit John, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Then the dead trunks were cut and floated down jungle rivers for sawing.
    — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Now is the time to hack back the jungle and reassert some order in your yard.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Alone in the jungle with only their cook, both were felled by malaria.
    — Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Much remains to be learned about the people who lived in these jungle cities.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Scurrying ants, so tiny that the grass must have felt like a jungle to them.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Hacking a path through dense jungle with a machete.
    — Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Zoo, jungle and ocean are some of the many themes that babies can enjoy.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Think of a special-forces unit sent into the field for days in a jungle or desert.
    — Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Struggling through the jungle on foot or building rafts.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The king of the jungle passed us by, and our own little lion lived to tell the tale.
    — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Chelsea aren’t kings of the jungle but their wealth and profile give them the clout to poach from most clubs.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • This lake is surrounded by marshy jungle.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Our day starts in the rooftop, wall-free yoga shala which looks out over the jungle and the ocean.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Just then, the plane goes down and lands in the Mexican jungle.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Their 1-year-old son, Kylo, gets to grow up in the jungle of it all.
    — Jessica Benda, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Apes are flying around in the background of what appears to be a jungle.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Apes are flying around in the background of what appears to be a jungle.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Deep in the jungle, rebel groups have taken the fight to the military.
    — Sandi Sidhu, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
  • But the jungles of Columbia are deep and thick.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The jungle might not kill you, but Jungle Cruise could kill your soul.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 July 2021

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