Explore Homeward through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like oriented or orientated. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Homeward meaning
Towards home.
Synonyms of Homeward
Using Homeward
- The main meaning on this page is: Towards home.
- Useful related words include: homeward-bound, oriented, orientated, homewards.
- In the example corpus, homeward often appears in combinations such as: homeward bound, his homeward, of homeward.
Context around Homeward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homeward
- In this selection, "homeward" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heading, looking, school, bound, alliance and trust stand out and add context to how "homeward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are looking homeward and as the homeward bound project. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homeward" sits close to words such as aar, aarons and abdulla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homeward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A live version of "Homeward Bound" was also included on the album. (12 words)
They start their homeward journey with the onset of summer, the official said. (13 words)
Family heartbreak and a lot of confusion in the long lines of homeward bound traffic. (15 words)
By 1649, the East India Company (EIC) ordered all homeward-bound vessels to wait for one another at St Helena and in 1656 onward the Company petitioned the government to send a man-of-war to convoy the fleet home from there. (42 words)
MacDougall’s speech was followed by the guest curator, Aaron Schuman, who spoke about curating this year’s festival on the theme “Homeward Bound”, which was inspired from the classic 1966 song by Simon and Garfunkel. (36 words)
A popular story derives the word as an acronym from "Port Out, Starboard Home", referring to first class cabins shaded from the sun on outbound voyages east and homeward heading voyages west. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Legendary singer/songwriter Paul Simon expanded his “Homeward Bound” farewell tour, and the newly-added dates find the New Yorker heading homeward bound for four NYC-area shows.
Homeward Alliance operates a continuum of programs and initiatives for families, adults and seniors, such as basic needs, housing-focused case management, and employment services.
Family heartbreak and a lot of confusion in the long lines of homeward bound traffic.
Scottish band Tide Lines will be playing in Dunfermline as part of their Homeward Bound tour.
The bus tickets out of town are an offering that has existed for years as the Homeward Bound project, now called Journey Home.
Almost 80 years (and a quarantine period) later, he’s homeward bound—to his original neighborhood in the Pacific Ocean.
But today’s new normal means that many interior designers and clients are looking homeward.
It’s a question that posed to Homeward Trust’s CEO Susan McGee by Edmonton Police Commission's Laurie Hawn at a commission meeting Thursday.
Run by Homeward Bound, it relies on volunteers who supervise, cook meals and engage with the women.
They start their homeward journey with the onset of summer, the official said.
Glance at these funny sweatpants that are new sweatshirt, we appear to be a P.E. instructor, let’s go homeward, let’s consume one thing.
Students from Laurence Manning Academy, Manning High School, Homeward Education Association, East Clarendon, Clarendon Hall participated in this event as well as St. Phillip Union Methodist Episcopal Church and Seacoast Church.
MacDougall’s speech was followed by the guest curator, Aaron Schuman, who spoke about curating this year’s festival on the theme “Homeward Bound”, which was inspired from the classic 1966 song by Simon and Garfunkel.
On Friday, Oct. 19, she was brought to Homeward Animal Shelter from A Cause 4 Paws in Devils Lake, North Dakota.
Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour comes to DTE Energy Music Theatre on June 10.
Sept. 15: Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society, is offering a microchip clinic for dogs and cats.
The Transition program has 13 community living experience training agreements with Love INC, Homeward Bound Animal Shelter, Two Slices, Save-A-Lot, and Family Video and several others.
A live version of "Homeward Bound" was also included on the album.
A popular story derives the word as an acronym from "Port Out, Starboard Home", referring to first class cabins shaded from the sun on outbound voyages east and homeward heading voyages west.
By 1649, the East India Company (EIC) ordered all homeward-bound vessels to wait for one another at St Helena and in 1656 onward the Company petitioned the government to send a man-of-war to convoy the fleet home from there.
Common combinations with homeward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- homeward bound 14×
- his homeward 2×
- of homeward 2×
- their homeward 2×
- the homeward 2×
- to homeward 2×
- homeward journey 2×
- and homeward 2×