How to Use homegrown in a Sentence

homegrown

adjective

• The family sells their homegrown vegetables at the local market.
• The music festival will feature some homegrown talent this year.
• The team once planned to build around homegrown players.
  — Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2023
• But Brown is a homegrown star who has lived up to his first-round billing.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
• But the homegrown high school quiz show has found a safe orbit.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• In the end, the company opted not to use a bit of homegrown waste.
  — Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2024
• The Orioles' next true homegrown star might still prove to be Adley Rutschman, the first pick of Elias' first draft.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• Most of that success was built on the back of homegrown talent.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
• But the homegrown talent did get to shine onstage in the second half of the telecast.
  — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2021
• By the end of the year, all flavors will be gone — and D.C. will be losing a homegrown, beloved product.
  — Graham Vyse, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
• Don't miss the cool establishments south of the train tracks, or the many homegrown breweries in town.
  — Michael Salerno, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
• Legion is the homegrown team, and its spirit reflects the city.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 19 Oct. 2022
• The rule is not the same for two homegrown draft choices, such as Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2022
• Ballard hails from Kansas City, where the Chiefs built this in a more patient and homegrown way.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
• The Magnolia State is good at singing the praises of her homegrown music, the delta blues.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 17 June 2020
• But the state produced no large, homegrown tech companies in the years after the dot-com bust.
  — Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2021
• The 2022 Avalanche was one of the best rosters of the salary cap era, and it was fueled by homegrown stars who were selected high in the NHL draft.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 June 2025
• Padelford, a homegrown player from Maplewood, has struggled to crack the first team this year.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
• More and more clubs are signing their homegrown stars - and even some sub-stars - to long-term deals to keep them out of free agency.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
• For years, the Dodgers have wrought havoc on opponents with the help of homegrown talent.
  — Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2020
• Except this was two homegrown talents squaring off in the elite eight of the state playoffs.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 8 Feb. 2022
• Just pick your plants, build your garden, and get ready for homegrown harvests.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 20 June 2020
• In the 1970s, amid a global surge in the price of oil, Denmark began to seed a homegrown wind industry.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 16 June 2021
• He got involved with the academy early, and signed a homegrown contract with the club in 2017.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Coming through the academy seems to bring an extra sense of pride for homegrown players in the first team.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• But there’s a reason the Golden Knights don’t land in the top five and that’s due to a dodgy draft record without much homegrown talent to show for it.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
• And the most acute danger from terrorists is now homegrown.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 11 Sep. 2021
• The videos show that the same practice take-off location the paragliders used had also been used to test Hamas’ own homegrown drones.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• The earworm melody, and new EP, are a testament to the island’s homegrown hustlers.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
• The Sox invested their savings promptly in a homegrown stud.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025