hometown

Example Sentences

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It is also a time of farewells, when school graduates leave their hometown while many corporate professionals receive assignments in new cities.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Moving from your hometown is a big step in your career.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Instead she’s gone, and this weekend her family came with moist eyes and broken hearts to her funeral at the First Presbyterian Church in her hometown of Yorktown, N.Y.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Outside the venue, a double-decker bus was parked with signage advertising the LP, which is called “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” after a road in his Liverpool hometown.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Vincenzo Perugia’s hometown welcomed him as a hero.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day