Examples of dooryard in a Sentence
flowers blooming in the dooryard
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These are often called dooryard violets and the Latin name is viola sororia.
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Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
Bridal elms flank a door; an 80-foot dooryard elm shades a house.
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Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson,
Washington Post,
10 Mar. 2022
Volunteers tend to the home's dooryard gardens, which offered sustenance and herbs for home remedies or dyes for clothing during Colonial times.
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Dennis Hohenberger,
Courant Community,
13 July 2017
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Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
Bridal elms flank a door; an 80-foot dooryard elm shades a house.
—
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson,
Washington Post,
10 Mar. 2022
Volunteers tend to the home's dooryard gardens, which offered sustenance and herbs for home remedies or dyes for clothing during Colonial times.
—
Dennis Hohenberger,
Courant Community,
13 July 2017
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“Dooryard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dooryard. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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dooryard
noun
door·yard
-ˌyärd 
: a yard right outside the door of a house
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