long way home
Example Sentences
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I decided to take the long way home from Honolulu for an upcoming column.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
They were finally on the long way home, setting off from Virginia on Thursday.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
The other day, driving the long way home, my hands on the steering wheel, I became aware, for the first time, of the absence of my lifelong anxiety.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023
On “Tournament,” lead singer Devaney invites us in mid-conversation, opening with, “and that’s fine, I’m wasting away/I took the long way home and it never paid off for me.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
We travelled the long way home in silence.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
