bring home to
Example Sentences
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When the Constitutional Convention concluded on Sept. 17, 1787, its president, George Washington, bought a four-volume edition of “Don Quixote” from a Philadelphia bookseller to bring home to Mount Vernon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Goro Miyazaki, whose own films include “From Up on Poppy Hill” and “Tales From Earthsea,” said they had to use a hotel towel to wrap the Oscar to bring home to his father.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
But tripping through the cosmos with her long-deceased father did bring home to her that “you have all these connections. You have all this love. ... You don’t have to hurt yourself.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2023
"My biggest motivation was thinking about having a medal to bring home to Patrick. That kept me going through all those training hours."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2022
He’s not the kind of guy I can bring home to Dad and call my boyfriend.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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