Sentence examples similar to a backwater settlement from inspiring English sources

The Tibetan story goes something like this: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… A young boy is plucked from a small backwater settlement on the far outskirts of a powerful empire and trained in the ways of an ancient mystical tradition.

Breath by Tim Winton Picador £14.99, pp214 Tim Winton's eighth novel sees him in familiar territory: the sun-stunned, backwater settlement of Sawyer in Western Australia.

A decade ago, Spain was a backwater in automobile racing.

Just over a decade ago, it was seen as a backwater.

Boston was a backwater.

What a backwater!

The city becomes a backwater".

Micronesia was considered a backwater.

Counter-intelligence was viewed as a backwater.

Hershey is hardly a backwater team.

At most times this is a backwater.