birthplace

Example Sentences

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In nine years since she relocated to Ghana, she has only returned to her birthplace in the United States once.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Once a classic American success story—he came from a family of striving Italian immigrants who ran Perry’s Grill on North Street in Endicott, N.Y.—Luciano’s life ended in Endicott, the birthplace of IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

In 2019, at the age of just 15, she switched her sporting allegiance from the US to China, wanting to "inspire millions of young people in Beijing - my mother's birthplace" before the 2022 Olympics.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The "Clydebank Titan" is the oldest surviving example worldwide, built in 1907 for the John Brown shipyard, birthplace of great ships like HMS Hood, the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and the QE2.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

I seem to remember that small cities in ancient Greece quarreled bitterly over which was the birthplace of Homer.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck