How to Use back home in a Sentence

back home

phrase
  • And then take that train back home again?
    — Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
  • She's got a whole city, the whole world, that wants her back home.
    — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • There were a lot of artists before me back home.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Then one of our adult children had to move back home.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Guthrie arrived back home and her garage door opened.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Why does autism seem more prevalent here than back home?
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But back home, all that blood needed to be cleaned up.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • For Skipper, all roads lead back home.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
  • By the time he was deployed, the war was over and he was sent back home.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • Sheen did, and took her back home with him to Malibu.
    — Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • For Georgia, none of this felt like the fun of back home.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • All the guys back home will know about this performance.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Some said that Teresa walked around the store to head back home.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The house survived, but Moore had not yet moved back home.
    — Michelle Huneven, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Even now, back home, the aftermath lives in my body.
    — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Once cleared, the officer gave her a ride back home.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Your people back home are rooting for you, at times.
    — Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
  • There was no obvious path back home.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The guys hit a Foxwoods, get some laughs, and skip back home.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Despite these numbers, many pets do make it back home.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • He’s been working with great trainers back home.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Green Bay, by the way, is getting back-to-back home games.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • So, Mullin shipped them back home from Germany.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • 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

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'back home.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: