come home to

Example Sentences

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And your little white lies will come home to roost.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

"The flight crew is happy and healthy and ready to come home to Houston."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

It’s also important to understand this effort in the broader context of the “forever war,” how it has come home to us and, more important, what can be done about it.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

This is what we want in retirement, to launch on adventures that we expect will reward us with the unexpected—then come home to a fresh look at the familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

“Do I have to work all day and then come home to a mad house.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner