back yard

Example Sentences

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Then the ufo landed in my back yard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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

"It feels amazing. I whooped that boy in his back yard," Londoner TKV, who was deducted a point for a low blow, said.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

The fire was crawling up the back yard and the house was filled with smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025

In the back yard With three red Chickens, the goat With a tin can For a bell drinks From a rain puddle.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto