How to Use back home in a Sentence

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• At the same time, there were some family issues back home in D.C.
  — Michael J. West, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• My trusty reporter’s notebook was back home, and my cerebral cortex was switched to airplane mode.
  — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Her mother called 911 and headed back home, Corley said.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2023
• Hader explained the situation, adding that his flight back home wasn't for another two days.
  — Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
• On the field, the Orioles are back home after going 3-3 in their first two series to open the campaign.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
• The siblings’ Belgian dad had been sent back home by the government, and her Congolese mother had been told that her husband had died.
  — Jocelyn C. Zuckerman, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
• Ketchup spread widely along maritime trade routes, and British sailors encountered it, loved it, and brought it back home in the late 17th century.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2023
• Howell left the tournament to get his elbow evaluated back home in Indiana.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2023
• Many have already relocated because conditions have become too dangerous back home, whether due to sea level rise, wildfires, or drought.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
• On Sunday, the Pioneer Woman star welcomed all five of her children back home to celebrate the spring holiday.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
• Iworrigan managed to get Nanuq onboard in a crate lent to her by a teacher, and used her airline points on a regional carrier to cover the expense of freighting the dog all the way back home.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
• By the time he was deployed, the war was over and he was sent back home.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
• The team would’ve been on a plane back home if not for that golden goal.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 July 2024
• Our poems are for all the lovers who want to make their way back home.
  — Melania Luisa Marte, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• And then, back home, the Dodgers offense wins in a laugher, 13-2.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Later, back home, Kleinklaus phones the shop and asks how much the urn costs.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• The mission aims to put humans on the moon for the first time since 1972 — and bring them back home with a splash.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2023
• After the shooting, Lopez got in his car and drove back home.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
• Soon a news flash from back home — and then another — pierced the vibe.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• Lin's fans back home in Taiwan had to stay up well past 3:30 a.m. to see her fight.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
• Kistler says the pelt may make a visit back home to the West Coast in 2025 for a meeting of the Coast Salish.
  — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
• The shoot was one of Rema’s first trips back home since his quick ascent.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
• There are also the costs of giving birth in Abuja that Aliyu didn't have back home.
  — Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023
• Help the kids back home who don’t see a future in basketball.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
• Cruise on up into the Rocky Mountains, make friends with the bighorn sheep, then thunder across the Plains on your way back home.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
• But back home, Americans saw the raid as a huge success.
  — Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
• That close call prompted Nguyen and his wife to move back home to be near family.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 10 May 2023
• Sometimes that meant sleeping in a parking lot after his shifts to save the 85-mile trip back home.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
• Some of the Hondurans killed in the shooting had lived in the U.S. for years, according to their families back home.
  — Juan A. Lozano, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• Just as transplants from all over the world did, Pamela Anderson decided to move back home during the pandemic—her original home.
  — Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024