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
“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
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
Aunt Kitty set the pace at a gallop as we made our way down the tree-lined back roads for town.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
