How to Use wilderness in a Sentence

wilderness

noun
  • She enjoys hikes through the wilderness.
  • Keep in mind this is true wilderness.
    — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • That’s a long time in the wilderness.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The bull’s call seemed to be the very essence of the wilderness.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Sifting through the wilderness to get the good stuff can be tough.
    — Wired, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Democrats' real path out of the wilderness.
    — FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At least five hunters die in their wilderness quests during the course of the book.
    — Edward Kosner, WSJ, 13 June 2021
  • The bear is no longer an abstract symbol of the wilderness.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Israelites still had to cross the wilderness.
    — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But at the time, Pesonen had no idea what to say about wilderness.
    — Leisl Carr Childers, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
  • For some, the lack of judgment in the wilderness is healing.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There are five walk-in wilderness campsites and a system of trails.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
  • Will the teens finally put the wilderness in their rearview?
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean he has been exiled to the show business wilderness.
    — Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • My lack of support—I’m alone in the wilderness!
    — Jessica Campbell-Salley, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
  • For thousands of years, dogs have gone out ahead of humans as wilderness scouts.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • Two strangers are tasked with staying alive in the wilderness for 21 days.
    — Mike Bloom, Outside Online, 1 July 2021
  • Muir’s fingerprints are all over those years in the wilderness.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • He was dressed for the cold in a snowy wilderness joined by one of the family’s dogs.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Rent a canoe or kayak and bask in the blissful quiet of the wilderness.
    — Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Then the action moves into the wilderness.
    — Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • One of the traits that makes America great is its wilderness.
    — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Wildlife doesn’t just need untouched wilderness to succeed.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
  • And, if so, is the program doomed to a period in the wilderness?
    — Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Things slow down on the front porch of this Canadian wilderness.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
  • These are for sure ‘wilderness years’ for so many of us looking at the mayhem out there in the world.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
  • While they were gone, the tiny dog escaped and sprinted off into the wilderness.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
  • To them, most of the package remained a vast wilderness of untold risk.
    — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The shores of the Great Lakes brush big cities as well as pristine wilderness.
    — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026

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