back yard
Example Sentences
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She found that locals, especially immigrants who came here in the 1980s, look on the place as a back yard .
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
“My brothers and I would jump in the back yard - it was our playground,” says Johanna.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
He ran outside to check on two towering pine trees in his back yard.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
Another time I took molcajete To the back yard.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
