How to Use front yard in a Sentence

front yard

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  • Rodgers snapped images of the car in his front yard as it was being towed away.
    — Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Pro-Trump signs on display in the front yard of a residence near the town of Charleroi.
    — Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Police and a neighbor helped Granger get to his walker in the front yard of the home then across the street to safety, the affidavit states.
    — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The post claimed a Springfield resident who had lost her pet cat arrived home from work one day to find Haitians butchering the animal in their front yard.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Gutierrez began shooting at Flores from the front yard of his home as Flores tried to get out of his vehicle, the affidavit stated.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • One of the teens was found in the front yard and one was in the street, police said.
    — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Just, ‘Here’s a highway in your front yard,’ and that’s it. ...
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • There's a couple of dozen oak leaves in our front yard.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Look at your roof from the front yard, and the fascia will be facing you.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2024
  • O’Keefe was found unresponsive in the front yard of the home at 6 a.m.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • Steps lead up from the front yard to a wide covered porch with a ceiling fan.
    — Angela Serratore, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Officers found one victim in the front yard and the other in the street.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Wooden steps once attached to the porch lay in the front yard, leading to nowhere.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
  • Lush front yard landscaping leads to the home’s front door.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The deer walked down the middle of the street and then into the front yard of a small house with a Christmas tree in the window.
    — Kate Dicamillo, Harper's Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Officers found one victim in the front yard, the other in the street.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In the front yard, Erika’s tomatoes are starting to come in.
    — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
  • There is a sycamore in the front yard of my grandparents’ house, the house where my father grew up.
    — Ryan Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Each house has a small front yard and a paved patio in the rear that can be used for off-street parking.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The front yard and backyard were spacious, and the bathroom had a lavender tub.
    — Sydney Bean, New York Times, 10 June 2023
  • This time, the sisters are back and causing trouble in your front yard.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Place them on the edge of your property or in the front yard, leaving the backyard for the other birds.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024
  • Task force members returned fire and killed the suspect in the home’s front yard, Jennings said.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Officers found two dead dogs in the front yard and a window screen that had been kicked out, the sheriff said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Deep tire tracks carved a path from the front yard to the back, crushing a stone patio and destroying a wood awning on the side of their house.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
  • Prep your front yard for Halloween trick-or-treaters with these faux spider webs.
    — Samantha Jones, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Clements told her to go to their front yard where, buried under a rock, was a plastic bag with a piece of paper in it.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The cedar tree in his front yard lost a few branches, but other than some debris, there wasn’t much to clean up.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Five neighbors showed up at his front yard with shovels.
    — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • When officers arrived, Salinas was in the front yard of a home.
    — The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024

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