back road

Example Sentences

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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

In the end, on 11 December, I drove with a colleague along a back road to Nuseirat.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024

The only drivable route near Camp River Glen now is a one-lane dirt back road.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

They ditched the car miles from the festival, held on a farm in Bethel, N.Y., and continued down a back road on foot.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

It is the back road to the Sierras and the main route from southern California to Reno and Lake Tahoe.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston