back roads
Example Sentences
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The Gitters began regular travels on back roads in the Southeast in their Toyota pickup, searching for works by other self-taught artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Mr Paterson eventually made his way home on back roads after learning that the cup tie had been postponed 10 minutes after kick off.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
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
“Going to head up north on the back roads traveling through Field and Farm and enjoying God‘s beautiful country,” he wrote on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
I kept us on the most obscure back roads I knew, where only our headlights disturbed the darkness.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
