hometown

Example Sentences

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But her hometown has never loosened its grip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

CHICAGO—Barack Obama’s new presidential center isn’t a cheap date, and neither is his adopted hometown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

She turns up in his hometown and, with nowhere else to stay, helps herself to his villa while Matteo gallivants around the States, blissfully ignorant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Zulmi was buried in a military cemetery in his hometown in Bandung, West Java, while Ichwan and Farizal were laid to rest in their respective hometowns in Central Java and Yogyakarta.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The popular theory on the message boards was that Halliday had created multiple copies of his hometown so that several avatars could search it at the same time without fighting over a single location.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline