come home

Example Sentences

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You come home after a long day at work and there waits your robot companion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"And we've learnt how he used silence as one of his weapons," adds Susanna Rook, describing how George would "come home and not talk".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

And your little white lies will come home to roost.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

That’s where “mother” has come home to roost, now applied as liberally to pop stars as it is screen sirens, influencers and Food Network hosts.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

“Well, the stars—during the day, they go out and graze, like the cows do. So you don’t see them. At night, they come home and sleep, and we see them up there.”

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola