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

The only drivable route near Camp River Glen now is a one-lane dirt back road.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

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

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

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