back roads
Example Sentences
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Harpootlian heard rumblings that some of the jurors were displeased with Hill’s conduct and began to scour the back roads of Colleton County to track them down.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
We’ve left our town for California, exploring back roads the whole way through, and then back again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The smugglers talk about their ability to get equipment to Calais within “three, four hours”, which indicates they feel bold enough to use motorways, rather than back roads.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024
Her following — 50,000 on TikTok, 11,000 on X and 4,169 on Instagram — is not huge, but she knows the back roads and the fairways and has a widening degree of influence.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024
He walked all morning, following back roads he hoped led away from the border.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
