come home

Example Sentences

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"Nothing could have prepared me for the day Maureen didn't come home," she told the court Wednesday.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

We’d come home, relax and watch TV, probably old episodes of “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

They may not want to come home after college and deliver food via DoorDash or Uber but those opportunities are available.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

And your little white lies will come home to roost.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

I’m always worried she’s going to come home one afternoon and tell me she’s done it, that she’s made arrangements for me at some wretched orphan asylum.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan