How to Use hometown in a Sentence

hometown

noun
  • She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
  • The hometown kid is putting on a show!
    — Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • The hometown crowd has to feel duped.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The hometown kid saved her best for last.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • One of those was even his hometown field.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • That’s when the hometown boy cashed in.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Ibeh hit Miller, the hometown kid, again.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Brents played in 11 games for his hometown team.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • My first year doing a hometown show was a big deal.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Just scroll down to your hometown and take a gander.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
  • Would this person talk to you in your hometown bar?
    — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Grant made it to week six and got cut right before hometowns.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Just scroll down to your hometown and take a gander.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Just like her hometown, racing is in her bones.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • My hometown feels like a police state.
    — Anne McDonald, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
  • How does your hometown airfield stack up?
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Search to see if any of this year's Olympians share your hometown.
    — Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Gangs have been spotted near her hometown.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Hawks are Brown’s hometown team.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
  • The Olympics will be in her hometown a year later.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In front of a hometown crowd, Green left it all on the floor in more ways than one.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Thousands of fans lined the streets of his hometown to say goodbye.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Being back in my hometown to run my last race gave me closure, in a way.
    — ELLE, 16 Aug. 2022
  • He is thrilled to be racing in his former hometown.
    — CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Bryson still has a very close connection to his hometown.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Their voices carried them from their hometowns to all around the globe.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Please include your real name—at least first and last—and hometown.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Please include your real name—at least first and last—and hometown.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 20 June 2025
  • Look at his hometown of Quincy.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Please include your real name — at least first and last — and hometown.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025

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