front yard

noun

plural front yards

: an area in front of a house

We planted some bushes in the front yard.

Soon, our front yard was a safe haven for our scampering four-year-old, our porch a rustic idyll, our lawn a green and pleasant sward fit for Bambi to gambol on. Paradise.—

Michael Walsh

Examples of front yard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 As far as anyone can prove, the first vert ramp ever made was built here, constructed out of plywood in a residential front yard. —

Zach Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024 In his front yard, Rains kept a shaker table and other equipment to sift soil for flecks of gold. —

Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024 On the men’s side, Hawaii’s John John Florence is a two-time world champ who grew up with the bombing Pipeline in his front yard, and Colapinto has been putting plenty of practice time into charging the big-wave barrels. —

Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for front yard

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