back road

Example Sentences

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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

She said the A9 had been treated like a forgotten back road, rather than the "spine of Scotland" linking central parts of the country with the Highlands.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2023

They ditched the car miles from the festival, held on a farm in Bethel, N.Y., and continued down a back road on foot.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

She slipped and fell twice as they walked along a muddy back road to cross the border.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

It is the back road to the Sierras and the main route from southern California to Reno and Lake Tahoe.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston