5 sentences with 'wilderness'
Example sentences and phrases with the word wilderness and other words derived from it.
• « The future looked bright for those who looked to the land of the West. Surveying, settling and farming, turning wilderness into a profitable commodity, gave buyers a sense of progress. »
• « People celebrated the transformation of the wilderness into an orderly and improved world that demonstrated the steady march of progress and the greatness of the republic. »
• « The canals contributed greatly to the country's sense of progress. Indeed, they seemed to be the next logical step in the process of transforming wilderness into civilisation. »
• « The group spent their first winter in the wilderness, between 1804 and 1805, in a Mandan village in what is now North Dakota. »
• « By 1819, American settlers no longer feared attacks by Spanish troops garrisoned in Florida, but hostile tribes such as the Creeks and Seminoles raided Georgia and then retreated to the relative safety of the Florida wilderness. »