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UK
/wˈɪldənəs/
]
[ US /ˈwɪɫdɝnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪɫdɝnəs/ ]
NOUN
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a bewildering profusion
the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups
a wilderness of masts in the harbor -
(politics) a state of disfavor
he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness -
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
How To Use wilderness In A Sentence
- But I now understand how fragile its mighty wilderness really is.
- The news orgs, by contrast, are doing this out of laziness and a hopeless addiction to portraying lefties as a kind of perennially-disappointed lost tribe who will never, ever find their way out of the wilderness. News Orgs: The Left Is Upset With Obama -- Even Though It Isn't
- What wilderness areas and national parks need is branded lodges and holiday homes that offer a guarantee of quality. Times, Sunday Times
- Kislev is a land of dark pine forests, snow-clad wilderness and wind-swept steppes.
- Not far short of the Oregon border, I stopped for a beer at a tiny townlet in a wilderness of sage that had a post office, a tavern and not much else.
- The local landowners and crofters have countered with an alternative proposal for a Wester Ross Wilderness Area.
- The word has reasserted the romantic, courageous quality that the poet Keats, in “Endymion,” gave it: “Adventuresome, I send/My herald thought into a wilderness.” No Uncertain Terms
- A hairless philosopher who lives in the wilderness, meditates and kills people.
- The Upper Peninsula, which is 90 percent forested, retains its aura of accessible wilderness. Pure Michigan Travel
- It had been 40 years since the company closed the railway, but now there was again an echo in the wilderness, as the whistle blew once more.
