howling wilderness

Frequency: 4.00.4 per million words

a wild, desolate, and windswept place; often used in a literary or metaphorical sense

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  • They faced the challenge of settling in a howling wilderness.
  • He depicted the frontier as a howling wilderness inhabited by uncivilized savages.
  • The old cabin stood isolated in the howling wilderness of the mountains.
  • The explorers ventured into the vast, howling wilderness, facing extreme weather conditions.
  • For many, the frontier was a vast and howling wilderness.
  • Only the strongest could survive in that howling wilderness where winds tore at everything.
  • He felt completely alone in the metaphorical howling wilderness of his grief.
  • After the devastating storm, the landscape was transformed into a howling wilderness of broken trees and debris.
  • Explorers ventured into the unknown, a true howling wilderness.
  • The small cabin stood alone on the edge of the howling wilderness, a tiny beacon against the encroaching darkness.
  • The forest became a howling wilderness during the severe storm.
  • For days, they trekked through what felt like a truly howling wilderness, utterly devoid of any human presence.
  • She imagined ancient tribes surviving in the howling wilderness.
  • The wind howled incessantly through the narrow canyons, turning the remote region into a truly howling wilderness.
  • The remote island was nothing but a howling wilderness with harsh weather.
  • Many pioneers perished trying to cross the formidable howling wilderness of the American West.
  • After the disaster, the once-bustling city resembled a howling wilderness.
  • From the snow-capped mountain peak, we looked out over an endless howling wilderness stretching to the distant horizon.
  • The expedition braved the howling wilderness for weeks.
  • The constant sound of the wind served as a stark reminder of the howling wilderness that surrounded their isolated outpost.