How to Use backdoor in a Sentence

backdoor

adjective

• The Pro slid in the backdoor with Notre Dame to win the week against the spread.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 26 Sep. 2019
• The mud flow went through the home and burst through a backdoor.
  — Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The Raiders have a backdoor way in as well, if both the Steelers and the Colts lose.
  — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
• The show is always sort of a bit of a backdoor diary for me.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2021
• Read on to find out the deal with painting your backdoor white.
  — Zoe Ruderman, Cosmopolitan, 30 Mar. 2016
• 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
• As the man reached his backdoor, police fired a Taser at him.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Mays found it inside a hollow spot in the frame of her backdoor.
  — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
• 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, 3 Mar. 2022
• Maybe get a few backdoor cuts, maybe a few backscreens to loosen up the defenders.
  — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 2 Feb. 2018
• 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
• No one ever came in the front door, everybody came in the backdoor.
  — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• He and his crew leave through the backdoor as the party continues.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 June 2019
• 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
• Kam Williams’ dunk off a backdoor play opened the half, blowing by Langford.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2018
• Lessons on arm slots and high leg kicks and backdoor sliders came later.
  — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 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
• 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
• The body of 17-year-old Tricia Pacaccio was found on her backdoor steps by her father.
  — CBS News, 15 Aug. 2019
• 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
• 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, 3 Mar. 2018
• Or maybe DePersia’s backdoor cut for a layup for a 53-48 lead off a dish from Dan Fleming.
  — Phil Anastasia, Philly.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• Calling a timeout at the end of the game so Texas A&M could score and secure a ridiculous backdoor cover.
  — John Talty | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2019
• 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
• 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
• Or, in this case, a call from a reporter regarding the fake boy band that had him lip syncing about backdoor lovers in the summer of 2000.
  — Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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, 18 Mar. 2022
• Think of it: A Republican candidate needs the backdoor help of a Democrat to reach the November finals in a major statewide race.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Opponents say that this is a backdoor effort to try and let wealthy coastal communities get out of having to build affordable housing.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024