Sentence examples for sleepy backwater from inspiring English sources

Delaware was then a sleepy, backwater bankruptcy district virtually devoid of bankruptcy professionals or corporate headquarters.

John built this thing from a sleepy backwater operation into a real powerhouse.

Then a sleepy backwater, Dalian had few attributes he could use to boost his career.

TRUJILLO is a sleepy backwater, but one with a lot of history.

At first, we wondered how anyone could spend three weeks in such a remote, sleepy backwater.

The Duchy of Cornwall is no sleepy backwater unaffected by changes to legislation.

NOT long ago, Lod, an Israeli city near the commercial hub of Tel Aviv, was a sleepy backwater.

"The business department stopped being a sleepy backwater and became a great office of state," he said.

Still, the group was considered a sleepy backwater until Sabatacakis turned their attention a few years later to banking's other major risk: credit default.

Dubai's rapid growth from a sleepy backwater on the Persian Gulf to the Las Vegas of the Arab world was largely financed by borrowing.

And rather than being sleepy backwaters, some of these conglomerates have become innovators.