How to Use through the back door in a Sentence
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But never enter through the back door.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Firefighters were able to go through the back door to free her.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
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The family came through the back door and went straight to their seats.
—Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
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And through the back door were lines of trees similar to the ones out front.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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Paramedics drove in through the back alley but their gurney wouldn’t fit through the back door.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
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Ruth’s brother, Kyle, was there, too, staring like a moron through the back door.
—Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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The petition states that Gonzalez broke in through the back door of the house.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
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Yes, but that didn’t stop some employers from making her mother enter their homes through the back door.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
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The ex escaped through the back door and the roommates climbed out the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s house.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 May 2022
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Meanwhile, the real privacy risk isn’t sneaking in through the back door.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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The wild card Phillies came through the back door with 87 wins in the NL East.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
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Downstairs, the man who was watching her earlier is trying to get into her house through the back door.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Lola Kirke found country music through the back door of Rock ‘n Roll.
—Eva Fedderly, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
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Tobias crawled to the back of the bus to join the two other passengers who were trying to escape through the back door.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
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John Kelsch, the museum director at the time, says a man broke in through the back door and snatched the slippers.
—NPR, 18 June 2024
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Usually her parents locked the front door and visitors would enter through the back door, which has a bell attached.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
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Lewis and McLaughlin have been known to sneak athletes into the building through the back door to avoid the public eye.
—The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2023
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Pham reportedly entered through the back door after the family forgot to lock it.
—Sam Dorman, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2021
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In the video released by police, Lewis leaves through the back door and immediately takes off running.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
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Nayeri sold to dispensaries — illicitly, through the back door.
—Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
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Police officers who were at a distance behind a fence loudly told one of them to drop a gun, and the two men went back inside the house through the back door.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2023
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But while the home was unoccupied, the woman broke in through the back door and moved in, furniture and all, Shelton said.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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While officers tended to Shapiro, Alcala escaped through the back door of his apartment.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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Minutes later, local police officers responded to the school and entered through the back door, which was still propped open.
—Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
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The windows facing Holiday Park are shuttered and painted black, and the entrance is through the back door on a side street.
—Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 24 June 2021
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Police said in each incident, the suspect breaks in through the back door and steals jewelry, clothes, and electronics before running away.
—Natalie Goldstick, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Officers entered the home through the back door and located two victims in the living room, according to the police statement.
—Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
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In Denver, Byrne arrives for a recent rehearsal just before noon, wheeling through the back door of the factory space.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
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The Crown persistently attacks ideas about contemporary celebrity through the back door of past tabloid actions.
—Vulture, 28 Aug. 2023
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Both individuals fled the restaurant through the back door as an officer tried to make contact with them, according to Stahl.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2024
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