back yard

Example Sentences

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Then the ufo landed in my back yard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Lalli bought his own generator and started throwing shows in his back yard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

In contrast to the danse macabre sequences at the deathbed, Jill overhears the “celebratory sound” of a neighbor’s back yard evening wedding by torchlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Gaga's back yard in Malibu had previously played host to the wedding of her close friend, Sonja Durham, shortly before she died of cancer in 2017.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

She stood by herself in the dark back yard, breaking off pieces of bark from the oak tree with her fingernails.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers