How to Use homecoming in a Sentence

homecoming

noun
  • A large crowd gathered at the airport for the soldiers' homecoming.
  • So this is a homecoming for her as well.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • But her new role at Brooks is a homecoming of sorts.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Her arrival in the role was a homecoming of sorts.
    — Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But the homecoming is about a game, not fun and games for Hurts.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Does this album feel like a kind of homecoming for you?
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • For Squibb, the role is a homecoming.
    — Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • My kids bought their homecoming suits from Ted’s.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Goetz, on his homecoming, was treated by many as a hero.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Casey Renn got to ask a date to a homecoming dance for the first time in his life.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Because this wasn’t just a feel-good homecoming.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • In many ways, this race will be a homecoming for the model and activist.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Not just a comeback, but a homecoming.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The homecoming bake sale has met its most popular treat of the year.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In a way, Chávez’s move will be a bit of a homecoming to Texas.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The homecoming for Drake is something that’s been on her mind for some time.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Smith said her grandma needed her bestie with her at homecoming.
    — Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The evening, Biggers added, felt like a homecoming in more ways than one.
    — Michelle Groskopf, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Right now, all the college has is an alumni band that plays at homecoming each year.
    — Leondra Head, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • On the west side, another shows the homecoming of the troops at the war's end.
    — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Hearts melt as the solider's homecoming brings a close to the story — and this list.
    — Amanda Horowitz Usatoday, The Enquirer, 1 July 2022
  • And in at least one respect, their homecoming can’t happen soon enough.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The tweet showed the two teenagers dressed up in formal wear and headed to a high school homecoming event.
    — Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2022
  • It’s been a nice little homecoming to a role that really put me on the map.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
  • It’s been a nice little homecoming to a role that really put me on the map.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
  • It's been a nice little homecoming to a role that really put me on the map.
    — EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s what her camera roll looked like from homecoming weekend.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Homer’s homecoming epic is full of such lovely touches.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • This will be a homecoming for Fitzpatrick.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • And then Allen, in what would have been his homecoming game, went out and carved up his childhood team.
    — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2020

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