Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

yard

[yahrd] / jɑrd /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

On it, smart cameras installed around his home relayed images of his house, now under clear blue skies, with the hosepipe in the yard unravelled where he left it.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

In keeping with the couple’s emphasis on indoor/outdoor living, the property features multiple French doors that open up directly to the yard, along with several balconies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

He lives near West Mersea in Essex and said on social media, external that "Clacton is my back yard" and "someone is going to have to provide a voice on the right".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

There’s a dead spot on the former site of a bounce house, and the detritus of five children suggests, at all times, that we are running the world’s chintziest yard sale.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The next evening, Leah’s hostess took a walk in her yard.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The soldier’s unit was stationed in a house some 400 yards away, Tyshchenko said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

His 34,183 passing yards were also a franchise record until Dak Prescott passed him last season.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

With 175 yards left, he hit one of the approach shots of his career into the heart of the green.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

It began to sink about 600 yards off of Alcatraz Island at about 3:30 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

About twenty yards from the cabin were two big steel drums, each the size of a large garbage can.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

Often on horseback, he yarded and penned cattle.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Atik returned, Miyax told him he did not need to go to the mountains—that a large herd was yarded not far up the river.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Upon the cattle being yarded, the most exciting operation is the capturing and securing of the young beasts requiring to be broken in to the yoke.

From Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 by Booth, Robert B.

When the cows were safely yarded, And the calves were in the pen, All the cares of day discarded, Closed we round the hut-fire then.

From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Lawson, Henry

The deer yarded on Maxon; lynx-tracks circled our house and barn, and we sometimes heard old tassel-ears a-miauling on the Stacking Ridge.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

The sharp fuss of grown-ups, issued from porches at the rowdy barefoot yarding of neighborhood kids, rises over the chatter of rocking chairs, to contend with manic squeals and out-of-breath laughter.

From Salon May 10, 2024

For example, in northern Wisconsin, researchers have shown that individual does may remain on summer range during mild winters but will move to yarding areas when heavy snows and cold temperatures develop.

From Time Magazine Archive

Farther south, yarding may occur only during years when the weather is more severe.

From Time Magazine Archive

What triggers whitetails to move to winter yarding areas?

From Time Magazine Archive

On yarding the beeves the customary telegram had been sent to the commission firm.

From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy




Vocabulary lists containing yard


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training