wilderness

[US]/ˈwɪldənəs/
[UK]/ˈwɪldərnəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a wild and uncultivated region, such as a forest or desert; a state of being out of power or influence, especially in politics

Phrases & Collocations

explore the wilderness

vast wilderness

remote wilderness

in the wilderness

wilderness area

Example Sentences

a wilderness of streets

a wilderness of waters(=a wilderness of sea=a watery wilderness)

the wilderness of the city; the wilderness of counterespionage; a wilderness of voices.

They were left alone in the wilderness. ·

The trip into the wilderness was a mind-expanding experience.

oh, wilderness were paradise enow!

Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.

Colorado Plateau, Paria Wilderness Area, Arizona.

After a few years in the wilderness she was allowed to return to a job in the government.

from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the farmost sea will be your territory.

"Miss Bennet, there seemed to be a prettyish kind of a little wilderness on one side of your lawn.

A 1964 act defines wilderness, rather poetically, as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammelled by man”.

To Make A Reservation At The Lakeside St Clair Wilderness Lodge Burnie With Our Secure Online Booking Form, Please Choose Your Preffered Period Of Stay.

But having abandoned conceit, well-centered within, with right awareness everywhere fully released, alone in the wilderness, heedfully living, one will cross over, beyond Mara's sway.

Photo Gallery: Erosion and Weathering Wind erosion makes these layered sandstone hills swirl in Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area.

Real-world Examples

But for the Shawnee, this is not wilderness.

Source: America The Story of Us

The colossal pillars stand mute sentinel over a remote alpine wilderness.

Source: Selected English short passages

Dersu Uzala shows a wilderness slowly being swallowed up by civilization.

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

After his political defeat, Davy Crockett had a desire to see the wilderness again.

Source: VOA Special September 2019 Collection

In Juneau, the pristine wilderness is the main attraction.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2020 Compilation

Before 1803 most of America was a wilderness. There were no maps and no roads.

Source: Western Exploration of the United States

But this land is also brutal wilderness.

Source: America The Story of Us

Oedipus gouges out his eyes and retreats into the wilderness.

Source: TED-Ed (audio version)

Today they get their first taste of the wilderness.

Source: Growing Up with Cute Pets

The desert of southeastern Utah is a wilderness of flat-topped mesas, jutting buttes and plunging canyons.

Source: New York Times

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