How to Use back East in a Sentence

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• The Nets then come back East and visit Chicago on Jan. 12.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 3 Jan. 2022
• At that time, like most states back East, school didn’t start until the Tuesday after Labor Day.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
• The Niners returned home following back-to-back road wins back East but struggled to slow down Rodgers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• The lone victory for this horse was on dirt going a mile back East under trainer Wesley Ward.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2021
• The Niners have experience spending one week on the road, having done it between games back East the past two seasons.
  — Josh Dubow, Star Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
• The postal system played a crucial role in keeping settlers in the West connected to relatives back East as well as to merchants in nearby towns.
  — Marc Levinson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2021
• Seeing my puppy play with dogs around the country and introducing him to my family back East.
  — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 30 July 2020
• Here was an Angeleno whose literary reputation not only remained intact, but made erudite intellectual giants back East cower and genuflect.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024