How to Use backdoor in a Sentence

backdoor

adjective
  • The mud flow went through the home and burst through a backdoor.
    — Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Read on to find out the deal with painting your backdoor white.
    — Zoe Ruderman, Cosmopolitan, 30 Mar. 2016
  • Mays found it inside a hollow spot in the frame of her backdoor.
    — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
  • As the man reached his backdoor, police fired a Taser at him.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Lessons on arm slots and high leg kicks and backdoor sliders came later.
    — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
  • Maybe get a few backdoor cuts, maybe a few backscreens to loosen up the defenders.
    — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 2 Feb. 2018
  • No one ever came in the front door, everybody came in the backdoor.
    — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The Pro slid in the backdoor with Notre Dame to win the week against the spread.
    — Joseph Goodman, al, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The specter of a backdoor method to force a vote hung over the negotiations.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Xavier Tillman drove for a layup, then set up Bridges with a backdoor bounce pass for a dunk.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Kam Williams’ dunk off a backdoor play opened the half, blowing by Langford.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2018
  • And the touchdown probably wouldn’t have achieved much more than a backdoor cover.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Every is accused of stabbing Friloux once to force her to open a locked backdoor and the store's safe.
    — Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 29 June 2017
  • In the backdoor pilot, a lot was made of the fact that Keri was born and raised in Chicago.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 16 July 2019
  • The Raiders have a backdoor way in as well, if both the Steelers and the Colts lose.
    — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Investors who earn too much for a Roth IRA can use the backdoor method to fund it.
    — Marc Guberti, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
  • 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, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Cody Glass, 2 assists, both on Bellows goals, one a nice long power play pass to the backdoor.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, OregonLive.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • When Apple finally banned that app, Facebook snuck it in again through the backdoor.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 17 July 2019
  • Employers have been turning to backdoor routes such as the trainees or students who are allowed to work up to 28 hours a week.
    — Peter Landers, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The body of 17-year-old Tricia Pacaccio was found on her backdoor steps by her father.
    — CBS News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • 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, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The first was a backdoor pass to backup center Meyers Leonard, who'd checked in for the first time before that very play.
    — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • This is a backdoor way to achieve the same result—only with the Treasury, rather than borrowers, footing the bill.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Olson, a sophomore, broke through at 6 minutes, 16 seconds with a backdoor tap-in off a shot from Boreen.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Calling a timeout at the end of the game so Texas A&M could score and secure a ridiculous backdoor cover.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 8 Sep. 2019
  • 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, 18 Oct. 2024
  • 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, 26 Jan. 2024
  • 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, 6 May 2021
  • 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, 7 Jan. 2023

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