Used in a Sentence

homeward

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for homeward.

Editorial note

The Homeward Bound program provides free bus tickets to people who have a support system elsewhere.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

Towards home.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of homeward gathered in one view.

adverb

Towards home.

adjective

oriented towards home

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for homeward.

Example sentences

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The Homeward Bound program provides free bus tickets to people who have a support system elsewhere.

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Wasn't there some horrible story about the number of animals killed in the filming of Homeward Bound or some similar movie?

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San Francisco's Homeward Bound program is run by the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.

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I'm sure Fidel and Raúl would be pleased to handle their homeward travel arrangements, albeit not quietly.

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Turning the camera on Voyager 1, which was out by Neptune, to point homeward, to make us see our true circumstances in the vastness?

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Your contributions will influence the Homeward product at a foundational level.

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This time of year, it's not uncommon for me to ride to the bus on chilly mornings and soak it up with a 14-15 mile homeward ride.

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Even though I enjoyed Flow immensely, it's just homeward bound with no dialogue.

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-> Oakland) on my homeward commute and an attractive young woman was hitching, an extremely uncommon event.

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As an Amiga-owning Brit living in the South of Europe back then, as much as my eye was cast homeward culturally, it was also eyeing Germany quite a lot.

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I went homeward, stopping at the neighbor's place next door.

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I care about the version of feeling that made me cry at the end of Homeward Bound, and plants don't have that, no matter what you call it.

Quote examples

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A simple rule of thumb for fast food, petrol stations and other "drive by" businesses is that they will position themselves on the side of the road dominated by "homeward" traffic.

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> As a result, some (particulary Republican) regions give them one way bus tickets to other (particularly Democrat) regions Seattle, Portland, Denver, San Francisco and many other "blue" cities all have "Homeward Bound" one-way bus ticket programs to incentivize homeless people to leave their city.

Proper noun examples

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Homeward Bound is the culmination of 6 months of experimentation, play, and the will to create in the face of paralyzing circumstances.

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Homeward the light finds no single course.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use homeward in a sentence?

The Homeward Bound program provides free bus tickets to people who have a support system elsewhere.

What does homeward mean?

Towards home.

What part of speech is homeward?

homeward is commonly used as adverb, adjective.