- a variation of homie.
homey
Example Sentences
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He and his wife gave everything they had to build a community around delicious food and homey vibes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The baggage-claim area even looks homey, with lots of seating and a Caribou Coffee outlet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"Calgary, where I'm from, feels a little less like homey than LA," McRae said.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
The unit, estimated at around 500 square feet, feels homey and is situated in the garden of a classic Spanish home occupied by her landlord.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
There was something comforting and homey in the scent of damp wood and livestock.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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If the world ended tomorrow, what would you do today: Skate with the homeys.
From Time Magazine Archive
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All my friends who skate in Brazil, all my homeys, they go to work and only skate on the weekends, so it was fun-they were just psyched for me.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Extras: "You go to parties and have acquaintances, but when it comes down to kicking it with the homeys, I only have a couple really close friends."
From Time Magazine Archive
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At this time only a happy few knew what this guy was capable of-mainly his homeys from Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When I got on the court my homeys started whooping.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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A lot of homies and family growing up, they kind of loosely use that term for stuff that’s really not that crazy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Shout out to Spanto and shout out to all of the homies who work for them as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
UAW counsel Benjamin Dictor on Sunday morning posted on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter: "All my homies hate companies that won't agree to fair contracts for their workers."
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2023
He’s escorted to a cordoned-off section of the room, which is kind of confounding since the 75 or so people in attendance are either his colleagues or homies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
We were homies, and everything was everything between us, but I had won.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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Battery-operated wall sconces, she says, are another inexpensive addition that can make an apartment feel homier.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
It was so much homier, so much more filling, so much more home-style than the other, oftentimes heinous lunch offerings.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024
The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
The announcement shines a brighter spotlight on Biden’s Wilmington house, where he regularly spends the weekends and where he finds more freedom and a homier atmosphere than at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
This Motel 6 is in the latter category, which makes it homier, you might say, or maybe only more haunted.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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And homiest of all is the shop’s impressive, one might even say fanatical, collection of those aforementioned typewriters.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
The homiest of the lot are “Northwest,” an ode to the PNW, and a loving number about Clark’s grandmother titled “She Smoked in the House.”
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
Dasani’s housefather tries to soften the landing by making his homiest dish — lasagna.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
In a trolley car that is rumored to have driven the capital’s streets between 1894 and 1912, Luxury Diner serves the city’s heartiest and homiest breakfast and lunch.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019
The Admiral’s study was one of those rooms which seem full to the very ceiling of wonderful memories, and was also one of the homiest rooms at Woodbine.
From A Dixie School Girl by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson