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

In the end, on 11 December, I drove with a colleague along a back road to Nuseirat.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024

We follow McCormick as he travels down back road after back road in rural Mississippi, knocking on doors, talking in barbershops, hanging out in pool rooms, hitting dead ends, turning his car around.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Doan, a special education teacher at the school, was less enthusiastic, wishing she had a few more days off as she took the back road from their home near Paso Robles.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

So I made it my business to take that back road frequently, keeping an eye out.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez