wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, as vital to our lives as water and good bread.    From LearnThat.org.  [Edward Abbey (1927-1989).]

He led the Democratic party back from the wilderness.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A wilderness of masts in the harbor.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Who would lead the line as Rafael Benitez's side bid to end their 20 years in the title wilderness?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

Praise be those who understand what the wilderness is and how to disconnect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Testing Your Mettle] Reference

Thus, the woman's flight into the wilderness is the passing of the kingdom of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Even a wilderness is a safer place than exposure to such evils, terrible as storm and tempest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Only if reconstructing bridges in wilderness areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Top Republicans: ‘Be Politically Honest,’ Health Care Reform Repeal Campaign Is Merely ‘A Symbol’] Reference

Her wilderness is a greenwood, her wild man a Robin Hood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walking] Reference

First of all, I'm overly experienced in wilderness travel.    From Wordnik.com.  [silly newbie w/passport & transport needs camping companion] Reference

If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.    From Wordnik.com.  [April « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

That which is described as the wilderness is the great world.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

The word for wilderness, huangdi, also means “wasteland.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [When a Billion Chinese Jump] Reference

We have questions: What do we mean when we use the word wilderness?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wild: Call for Submissions - Reading Local: Portland] Reference

A first meeting in the wilderness is not characterized by formality.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Rainbow's End] Reference

But isn't it great when the wilderness is exactly that, wild and dangerous?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wisconsin Wolves Kill Hunting Dogs] Reference

Having to spend a few years in the wilderness is not necessarily a bad thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement] Reference

There were no roads to it, and motorized access through the wilderness is prohibited.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Buzzard of Backcountry' Strikes It Rich in National Parks] Reference

When packing for a long-term wilderness adventure, one needs to think about a balanced diet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Evergreen News Feed] Reference

The word wilderness stops us in a wilderness, if it is of so various and doubtful signification.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference

The wilderness is not the place to learn how to survive in the wilderness, especially the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Wild ...] Reference

The house was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from his family home.    From Wordnik.com.  [henry david thoreau | happy birthday, henry! « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

Yes, it rains, but it also snows, freezes over, floods, etc, and the wilderness is beautiful but hazardous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The mountain will eat you « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference

My point was that hollow points lose their mass too quickly to be your first choice in wilderness self-defense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cougar Attack, Fight Or Run?] Reference

Sticking to the wilderness is no guarantee of safety, as I hear "grinches" are now roaming the Alterac Mountains.    From Wordnik.com.  [The days grow larger, and the year keeps shrinking.] Reference

Me and my books, we know that the price of our beloved wilderness is that the Popular Kids won't come near these woods.    From Wordnik.com.  ["While all the women came and went..."] Reference

The wilderness is home to European bison, the endangered white-backed woodpecker and other important native biodiversity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe] Reference

Here just by ye wilderness is ye tulip tree wch runns up of a great height and ye flower is on ye top; it flowers in August.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary] Reference

The arrival of fleets of ships of exiled Americans into the Canadian wilderness is such a story of drama, hardship and misery.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Romance With Canada] Reference

Not any size in particular, but any wild deer in the untouched and undiscovered wilderness is natures definition of perfection.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman] Reference

And, you know, these few last enclaves, these little remnants of that habitat, we call wilderness, and they still have the grizzly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy Now!] Reference

Sleeping in the wilderness is nothing new for me, but before there has always been a sleeping bag for warmth and a tent to call home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field & Streams Ultimate Winter Survival Tips] Reference

La Grande is a lovely town near some of the most spectacular mountain wilderness in the West, offering exceptional outdoor opportunities.    From Wordnik.com.  [12 Terrific Small Towns You’ve Never Heard Of | Impact Lab] Reference

Remoteness in the wilderness is a special experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Broadcasters want FM on cellphones; phone makers balk] Reference

The wilderness is a metaphor for the unrepentant crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The wood of a tree that grows in the wilderness, which is said to be incorruptible.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference

Anyone who comes to this floor and says this is drilling in the wilderness is a liar, a liar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stevens, Fiery, Unapologetic, Fought For Alaska] Reference

"Our wilderness is the goose that lays the golden egg," says Springdale Mayor Phillip Bimstein.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Utah, The New West Trumps The Old] Reference

In California, some public land used for military training was classified as wilderness last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference