How to Use hometown in a Sentence

hometown

noun
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  • She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
  • Garrett Schultz was on fire at the plate in his hometown.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 5 June 2023
  • To have that happen in my hometown was a dream come true.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 July 2023
  • In the 21-minute stream, Manesar asks the men, their faces bloodied, for their names and hometowns.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The first half of the book is set in our own hometown of Austin, where Esken's daughter was raised.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Or is your hometown in the path of what for many is a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle?
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Howie will be buried in his hometown of Chester, Illinois, on June 3.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 29 May 2023
  • Their voices carried them from their hometowns to all around the globe.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Jan. 2024
  • We got married last summer in a small church in our hometown.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • However, this dude's hometown date will take place in his OG home state of Ohio.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
  • Booking an Airbnb is a good way to gain a new perspective on your hometown.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • What does that mean for the mid-tier tournament in your hometown that brought thousands of tourists in for a weekend?
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • The show moves from hub to hub, and this season Beyoncé's hometown is it.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Missy Elliott is giving back to her hometown in a huge way.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 24 Oct. 2023
  • As a young girl, Ethel would watch trains whistle past her hometown and dream of traveling east.
    — Naï Zakharia, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Named for their hometown area code for Las Vegas, the group’s debut album No Doubt arrived in 1996.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 17 Sep. 2023
  • People are reaching out to me from my hometown and my parents’ church in New Hampshire, things like that.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In June, a drone attacked Assad’s hometown of Qardaha in the province of Latakia.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Then Thomas is diagnosed with an illness that will lead to his death in his hometown of Munich.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • My dad had gotten a tour bus, drove up from Kansas with just a ton of folks, family, friends, from our hometown.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The three hometown heroes gathered at the 1985 All-Star Game, which took place at the Metrodome, for the photo opportunity.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Lisowski died of a brain tumor in 2005 but is immortalized with a life-sized bronze statue in the heart of his hometown.
    — Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
  • Fans of Amy Winehouse can celebrate what would've been the late singer's 40th birthday in her hometown with her former band.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • As are their kitchens and their summer hometown of Cousins Beach, a cottony, Hamptons-esque spot with farm stands and a debutante scene.
    — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Besides, that will help open up his playmaking, which has popped off the charts since arriving in his hometown.
    — Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The thing that hurt the most was seeing that disconnect [after hometowns at the rose ceremony].
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The late Detroit artist John Sinclair will be celebrated next week with a pair of events in his longtime hometown.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Ten people died and thousands were injured at the festival in the hip-hop star’s Houston, Texas hometown when his set began and the crowd rushed towards the stage.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Larson first met Sweet at a race near his hometown of Elk Grove, California.
    — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Brink, on the verge of playing in her hometown of Portland, is nationally known and had 17 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks against Norfolk State.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024

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