How to Use back home in a Sentence

back home

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  • She's got a whole city, the whole world, that wants her back home.
    Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Our poems are for all the lovers who want to make their way back home.
    Melania Luisa Marte, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The team would’ve been on a plane back home if not for that golden goal.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 July 2024
  • By the time he was deployed, the war was over and he was sent back home.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • Some said that Teresa walked around the store to head back home.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The guys hit a Foxwoods, get some laughs, and skip back home.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • What stunned her most was that none of the cookies ever made it back home.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Soon a news flash from back home — and then another — pierced the vibe.
    Ken Belson, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Here’s where to check first, what to look for, and how to avoid bringing bed bugs back home.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Mirkovic said coaches back home are brutal and will scream the worst things at you.
    Cj Moore, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Gutiérrez moved back home for a time, but was pulled back to the father of her child.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The shoes were for his wife and daughters back home in Iceland.
    Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Aiden walked out toward the road and waved down a driver who was able to drive him back home.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • After the shooting, Lopez got in his car and drove back home.
    Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Off Green went, back home on his bike with an afternoon snack.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Help the kids back home who don’t see a future in basketball.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
  • What nicknames do your friends and family call you back home?
    Women's Health, 19 June 2023
  • Jorge had fled the gang violence that killed his brother back home.
    Carol Guzy, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Ronningdal had lost her love for swimming while in high school back home.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Her siblings had already stepped in, three of them living back home.
    Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • But blue was unacceptable, and so he was sent back home to fetch a pink one.
    Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Getting to film back home in England for six months, what was that like?
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
  • On the two-hour drive back home, Greenlaw conked out in the backseat.
    Luca Evans, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • There were heartfelt words from friends and former coaches back home.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The shoot was one of Rema’s first trips back home since his quick ascent.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • They are connected by a dark secret – and coverup – back home.
    Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Later, back home, Kleinklaus phones the shop and asks how much the urn costs.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • Their parents rushed back home, and the decades-long search for Wendy began.
    Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But part of what makes travel so special is bringing a part of your trip back home with you.
    Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Macron said they were given the green light to make their way back home on Tuesday.
    Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026

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