Wondering how to use Backyard in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as yard or grounds.
Backyard meaning
- A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
- A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
- An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
Using Backyard
- The main meaning on this page is: A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence. | A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go. | An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
- Useful related words include: yard, grounds, curtilage.
- In the example corpus, backyard often appears in combinations such as: the backyard, own backyard, backyard and.
Context around Backyard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backyard
- In this selection, "backyard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grandparents, parents, hour, lot, challenge and bird stand out and add context to how "backyard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 48 hour backyard challenge and along the backyard s edge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backyard" sits close to words such as consume, factories and oath, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backyard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Clark jumps the fence from the backyard into his grandparents’ backyard. (11 words)
And she will be taking that next step right in her own backyard. (13 words)
A landscaping project will be an enduring place of beauty in your Denver backyard. (14 words)
A key Crown witness testified she was not in the right state of mind to be interviewed by police, due to hard drinking and trauma from the shootings that left one dead and another wounded at a backyard barbecue. (39 words)
National Park Service invited visitors of all ages on a winter adventure to explore the Gateway Arch’s renovated “backyard” and connect with nature at The Great Backyard Bird Count at the Gateway Arch grounds on Saturday. (37 words)
But the property owner who shares a backyard lot line with Drake disagreed, arguing that the 4.4-metre “barrier wall” along the backyard’s edge casts an excessive shadow and sets a bad precedent. (35 words)
As for Delaplane himself, who has five honeybee hives in his own downtown Athens backyard? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
But the property owner who shares a backyard lot line with Drake disagreed, arguing that the 4.4-metre “barrier wall” along the backyard’s edge casts an excessive shadow and sets a bad precedent.
Clark jumps the fence from the backyard into his grandparents’ backyard.
Landon and Layne Simon, better known in social media circles as Gamerbros17, locked themselves down in their parents’ backyard for for a self-proclaimed, no frills 48-Hour Backyard Challenge.
National Park Service invited visitors of all ages on a winter adventure to explore the Gateway Arch’s renovated “backyard” and connect with nature at The Great Backyard Bird Count at the Gateway Arch grounds on Saturday.
The shooting happened after Vasquez-Perez scaled a fence into the backyard of Palmetto Commissioner Brain Williams’s backyard.
A dream mansion with an enormous backyard and outdoor cinema, $7 million home is an oasis for their modern family.
A Florida-based Youtuber who goes by The Backyard ScientistThe plant was grown for six months prior to the experiment.
After a week, you can either dump it into your backyard tumbler or wait for your preferred compost collection service.
After talking it through with his parents, he worked all summer doing odd jobs to raise $1,500 to build his own tiny home in his family's backyard.
After the service, the followers, just like the dignitaries, have been in a position to go to the Meditation Backyard.
A key Crown witness testified she was not in the right state of mind to be interviewed by police, due to hard drinking and trauma from the shootings that left one dead and another wounded at a backyard barbecue.
A landscaping project will be an enduring place of beauty in your Denver backyard.
And backyard mechanics bring their crazy builds to take on the multimillion-rand professional racing cars.
And certainly not last nor least, there’s an epic kitchen that opens to both a family room with a fireplace and to the bluestone patio in the backyard.
And she will be taking that next step right in her own backyard.
Andy’s backyard is preparing to welcome more toys at Roundup Rodeo BBQ opening March 23 in Toy Story Land.
A neighborhood plant nursery has outgrown its backyard roots and is planning to move to a larger space with more visibility and traffic.
An unknown man was seen walking up a driveway on the 1000 block of Glen Lake Avenue, entering the backyard and looking around the property May 10 before leaving the residence, police said.
A recognition of former village officials also is on the agenda, as is an update on compliance with rules for backyard chicken coops.
As for Delaplane himself, who has five honeybee hives in his own downtown Athens backyard?
Common combinations with backyard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the backyard 49×
- own backyard 16×
- backyard and 15×
- his backyard 14×
- their backyard 13×
- your backyard 12×
- backyard of 12×
- my backyard 12×
- her backyard 12×
- in backyard 6×