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 crash involving a silver Peugeot 107 happened at about 01:20 BST on a back road at Haldon near Exeter Racecourse, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

Just a few days ago, I was driving along a back road to get groceries.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

They ditched the car miles from the festival, held on a farm in Bethel, N.Y., and continued down a back road on foot.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

The only living souls to overhear us on this back road were our horses and perhaps the occasional hoot owl.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan