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homey

[hoh-mee] / ˈhoʊ mi /


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Airbnb gained popularity for offering travelers unique and homey stays on other people’s property, but it added boutique hotel bookings to its platform late last year.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

"Calgary, where I'm from, feels a little less like homey than LA," McRae said.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

Her choice of homey subjects, unusual angles, or surprising vantage points adds to the tug, and her use of black outlines, for emphasis, helps sustain it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

Nashville is looking more homey all the time, at least as a place to do business.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

The room was comfortable in a homey way.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

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

I got fifteen or sixteen family members in Denver who owe Qwest money, doot-and I ain't even mentioned none of the homeys yet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Your TWS homeys have much more new shit on the block lined up for you in 2006, starting with the issue you�re holding.

From Time Magazine Archive

My moms don’t want to hear that, but if it weren’t for Wesley and my other homeys, I wouldn’t even be here, aiight?

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

“There are so many levels to us at this point: We are friends, we are lovers, we are homies, and most importantly, we are fathers.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

“It’s dedicated to the homies that passed away. It’s dedicated to everyone who’s part of this or however you want to put it. For me, it’s dedicated to this city.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

“I doubt anyone is gonna speak for him. Ima verify with the homies too.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2023

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

“They’re not your homies if you gotta hide from them,” I say.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Battery-operated wall sconces, she says, are another inexpensive addition that can make an apartment feel homier.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

These colors work especially well in large, cavernous rooms and spaces in which the goal is to make a space feel less cavernous and homier and more comfortable.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2024

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

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

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 Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)




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