home movie

noun

: a movie that one makes for people to watch in one's home and that is usually of the family or a family event
We watched home movies of the family reunion.

Examples of home movie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Bring your home movie theater or set up a game room to ensure there’s something for everyone. Bang Advertising Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024 The list includes: arcade, wine room, Air B&B rental room, gym, craft room, design studio, yoga and meditation space, home library, giant closet and makeup room, recording studio, photography studio, smoking room and home movie theater. By Cammy Clark, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 The pair were snuggled up on a red velvet sofa in what appeared to be a home movie theater with red padded walls. Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024 The 29-time Grammy winner made the announcement on Instagram, posting a cryptic video featuring apparent home movie footage of her mother’s salon Headliners, in Houston, Texas — where Beyoncé had her first job sweeping hair. Leah Dolan, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024 The now historic images of that horrific day were captured by snapshots and home movie camera footage taken by people in the crowd, including the 26-second 8 mm film shot by Dallas clothier Abraham Zapruder. Stephen Battaglio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023 Advertisement The now historic images of that horrific day were captured by snapshots and home movie camera footage taken by people in the crowd, including the 26-second 8mm film shot by Dallas clothier Abraham Zapruder. Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023 Sean and Olivia found some great unseen home movie footage and sent that. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023 The wedding, in my memory, is a fuzzy home movie on fast-forward. Joan Niesen, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023

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“Home movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20movie. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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