concrete jungle

noun

: a modern city or urban area filled with large buildings and regarded especially as a harshly competitive, unwelcoming, or dangerous place

Examples of concrete jungle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web From the concrete jungle of New York City’s Manhattan, which usually involves renting cars or hopping on trains for weekend-long excursions to witness the colorful hues. —

Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024 Leopard print highlighted that concept literally, while textured black looks served as concrete jungle camouflage. —

Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024 The concrete jungle where dreams are made of, as Alicia Keys famously put it. —

Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024 Whether viewed as a romp, a relic, or a route to commiseration, the series about four friends trying to find love (or at least a good lay) in the world’s most competitive concrete jungle has stood the test of time. —

John Ortved, Vogue, 29 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for concrete jungle

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Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of concrete jungle was in 1925

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