back yard

Example Sentences

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Then the ufo landed in my back yard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In contrast to the danse macabre sequences at the deathbed, Jill overhears the “celebratory sound” of a neighbor’s back yard evening wedding by torchlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 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

Mr. Lorne went to the window opening on the shop’s back yard.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes