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

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

Doan, a special education teacher at the school, was less enthusiastic, wishing she had a few more days off as she took the back road from their home near Paso Robles.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Highway 19 and 129, which despite having two numbers was really just a back road through a high pass between wooded nowheres.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson