How to Use backdoor in a Sentence

backdoor

adjective
  • The mud flow went through the home and burst through a backdoor.
    — Bloomberg.com, 2018-01-10
  • Read on to find out the deal with painting your backdoor white.
    — Zoe Ruderman, Cosmopolitan, 2016-03-30
  • The show is always sort of a bit of a backdoor diary for me.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 2021-09-20
  • Mays found it inside a hollow spot in the frame of her backdoor.
    — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, 2019-07-19
  • As the man reached his backdoor, police fired a Taser at him.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 2019-08-02
  • Lessons on arm slots and high leg kicks and backdoor sliders came later.
    — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 2019-04-13
  • Maybe get a few backdoor cuts, maybe a few backscreens to loosen up the defenders.
    — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 2018-02-02
  • No one ever came in the front door, everybody came in the backdoor.
    — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-02-20
  • He and his crew leave through the backdoor as the party continues.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2019-06-25
  • The Pro slid in the backdoor with Notre Dame to win the week against the spread.
    — Joseph Goodman, al, 2019-09-26
  • The specter of a backdoor method to force a vote hung over the negotiations.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 2024-04-24
  • Xavier Tillman drove for a layup, then set up Bridges with a backdoor bounce pass for a dunk.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 2018-01-13
  • But there is a backdoor route for lawmakers to help Goldman.
    — Bess Levin, The Hive, 2017-08-23
  • Every is accused of stabbing Friloux once to force her to open a locked backdoor and the store's safe.
    — Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 2017-06-29
  • The Raiders have a backdoor way in as well, if both the Steelers and the Colts lose.
    — New York Times, 2022-01-04
  • Investors who earn too much for a Roth IRA can use the backdoor method to fund it.
    — Marc Guberti, Sacramento Bee, 2025-02-26
  • Yet for every slick feed to a backdoor cutter, there were three that bounced into the hands of defenders or skipped out of bounds.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 2019-09-12
  • Cody Glass, 2 assists, both on Bellows goals, one a nice long power play pass to the backdoor.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, OregonLive.com, 2018-02-06
  • When Apple finally banned that app, Facebook snuck it in again through the backdoor.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 2019-07-17
  • The body of 17-year-old Tricia Pacaccio was found on her backdoor steps by her father.
    — CBS News, 2019-08-15
  • Sure, Congress found backdoor ways to fund its main provisions, but the symbolism of its fall from the books wasn’t to be missed.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 2022-03-16
  • The Spurs were ahead by four after Poeltl hit Tre Jones for a backdoor layup with 4:06 left.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2022-03-03
  • Late in the third, Bedard made a spin-o-rama pass from the low slot and just missed a connection with Foligno for a backdoor tip-in.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 2024-10-18
  • Murphy’s second goal of the game, her 24th of the season, came on a pretty cross-crease pass from Huber for a backdoor tap-in.
    — Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 2024-01-26
  • This is a backdoor death tax, and Penn Wharton estimates the change would raise up to $113 billion over a decade.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2021-05-06
  • Chiasson, from the left boards just over the blue line, goes backdoor to Danielson at the far post, just ahead of Kyle Chyzowski.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 2023-01-07
  • Banks ran backdoor, beating Kentucky guard Kellan Grady to the rim and finishing the layup against a late contest to trim the lead to four.
    — Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star, 2022-03-18
  • The defenseman had jumped up from the blue line to sneak in backdoor as the defending Toronto Maple Leafs were focused on the center.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 2017-03-04
  • Haddonfield tied the score at 35-35 when Aiden Blake hit Dylan Heine on a backdoor cut, to set up an easy layup.
    — Chris Melchiorre, Philly.com, 2018-03-03
  • Trailing at halftime, 27-25, the Panthers needed to find a way to counter the Warriors’ full-court pressure and backdoor cuts.
    — Nick Greene, courant.com, 2018-03-17

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