home game
noun
sports
: a game played in a team's own stadium, park, etc.
The team has done much better in its home games than on the road.
Examples of home game in a Sentence
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Twenty-five years later, a boy resurrects his father’s dream – to play a home game and lose by fewer than 10 goals.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
Capital One Arena is several blocks north of where the youth was killed Saturday night, and the Washington Wizards played a home game there that started about three hours before the shooting.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
Sunday’s game marks the fourth Chiefs match attended by the 12-time Grammy winner this season, and the third home game she’s shown up to in support of her new beau’s team.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023
Swift first met Donna during Kansas City's home game against the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24.
—Stacy Lambe, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
An opossum, whose name is unknown, ran across the field during Texas Tech University’s home game against Texas Christian University and quickly captivated the internet.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
The postseason format in 2021 was different — five teams in each league reached the postseason and there was a win-or-go home game between wild-card teams — but the layoff for the leagues’ best teams was the same.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
The Milwaukee Bucks tapped Flavor Flav to perform the national anthem ahead of the team’s home game against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
Videos from the same YouTube page has been used all season before each home game, the school said.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 22 Oct. 2023
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
Capital One Arena is several blocks north of where the youth was killed Saturday night, and the Washington Wizards played a home game there that started about three hours before the shooting.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
Sunday’s game marks the fourth Chiefs match attended by the 12-time Grammy winner this season, and the third home game she’s shown up to in support of her new beau’s team.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023
Swift first met Donna during Kansas City's home game against the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24.
—Stacy Lambe, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
An opossum, whose name is unknown, ran across the field during Texas Tech University’s home game against Texas Christian University and quickly captivated the internet.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
The postseason format in 2021 was different — five teams in each league reached the postseason and there was a win-or-go home game between wild-card teams — but the layoff for the leagues’ best teams was the same.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
The Milwaukee Bucks tapped Flavor Flav to perform the national anthem ahead of the team’s home game against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
Videos from the same YouTube page has been used all season before each home game, the school said.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 22 Oct. 2023
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“Home game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20game. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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