long way home
Example Sentences
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Potentially rough seas and the hazards they present are part of the gamble when you take the long way home from Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
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
In this case I am not entirely unhappy to have taken the long way home.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2018
"As you say. It's the long way home, but I'm more like to get there. I'll wait for you below."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
