How to Use back of in a Sentence

back of

preposition
  • Not even the back of your hand.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Is that event in the back of your mind?
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The whole back of my shirt was wet from sweat.
    — Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Kicked out to join the back of the queue again.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Put your left arm on the back of the chair.
    — Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • Lehman got out and walked to the back of his car.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • First, a curved guide sits at the back of the throat.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Roberts said the swelling is in the back of the knee.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • The heel or back of their skate would push out against their sock.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Free parking in the back of the store.
    — Holly Andres, Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Free parking in the back of the store.
    — Holly Andres, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The last name on the back of the jersey?
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • The back of her head was pressed into flesh.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The ball ended up in the back of the net.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Those at the back of the line may get nothing.
    — Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Flicked spitwads off the back of their heads.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There is a dead body in the back of my taxicab.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The car plowed into the back of the dump truck.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
  • His seat was a middle one in the back of the plane.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • And across the back of his shoulders, his new name.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • That may drive you to the back of a pickup truck.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The two ice chests are in the back of his pickup truck.
    — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
  • The crowd erupted as the ball crunched the back of the net.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • Dopamine will kick in, and the hair will stand up on the back of your neck.
    — John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • On the back of the card is a QR code.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • Two flies were observed at the back of the food prep area.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 29, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
  • Use your finger to draw a line across the back of your spoon.
    — Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
  • That is a heavy thing to have sitting in the back of your mind.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Somebody got in the back of Corey.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • At the back of the stage, there would be the back of a backdrop.
    — Lauren Rothery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

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