Wondering how to use Homegoing in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Homegoing in a sentence
Homegoing meaning
A voyage or journey home.
Using Homegoing
- The main meaning on this page is: A voyage or journey home.
- In the example corpus, homegoing often appears in combinations such as: homegoing services.
Context around Homegoing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homegoing
- In this selection, "homegoing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, announcing, lewis, services, details and ceremony stand out and add context to how "homegoing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a homegoing celebration for and andre s homegoing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homegoing" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homegoing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pain was palpable at Raven’s homegoing as friends wailed sorrowfully. (11 words)
A GoFundMe has been by the Marshall family to cover funeral expenses for Andre’s homegoing. (16 words)
The minister read the obituary for the homegoing ceremony and recapped the many accomplishments Lacks had throughout the years. (19 words)
So it is an African American term. But I liked it for the title of this book - of "Homegoing" - because there was this kind of idea that no matter how far these characters ended up from those origin points, they could always return home. (44 words)
Aretha will lay in state at the city’s Wright Museum for two days before her scheduled August 31 homegoing services at the same church where Rosa Parks’ service also was held. (32 words)
Homegoing Services for Mrs. Louise Johnson Bradford will be held Saturday, February 3, 2:00 p.m. at the Living Word Church of Minden with Pastor Trey Waller, officiating. (29 words)
Example sentences (9)
A GoFundMe has been by the Marshall family to cover funeral expenses for Andre’s homegoing.
Memphis Hip-Hop lovers are preparing to give their final farewells to a hometown hero, announcing homegoing details for the recently departed rap star, Gangsta Boo.
The minister read the obituary for the homegoing ceremony and recapped the many accomplishments Lacks had throughout the years.
Bill Clinton should “never mentioned my big brother Kwame Shaka Ture,” warns Mawusi Ture, “at John Lewis’ homegoing service.
So it is an African American term. But I liked it for the title of this book - of "Homegoing" - because there was this kind of idea that no matter how far these characters ended up from those origin points, they could always return home.
Pain was palpable at Raven’s homegoing as friends wailed sorrowfully.
A homegoing celebration for Ruby Irene Jones Leaphart was held Friday at 11 a.m. at Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, 1085 Ossie Davis Parkway, Waycross.
Aretha will lay in state at the city’s Wright Museum for two days before her scheduled August 31 homegoing services at the same church where Rosa Parks’ service also was held.
Homegoing Services for Mrs. Louise Johnson Bradford will be held Saturday, February 3, 2:00 p.m. at the Living Word Church of Minden with Pastor Trey Waller, officiating.
Common combinations with homegoing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: