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
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
Swaggart finally hit the road, traveling the back roads of Louisiana and Mississippi, holding revivals.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
The smugglers talk about their ability to get equipment to Calais within “three, four hours”, which indicates they feel bold enough to use motorways, rather than back roads.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024
After twenty minutes, Blake returned to Rotterdam, using the back roads he had learned as a teenager in the Dutch resistance.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
