homely

Example Sentences

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But now they've replaced the windows and the ceiling and Yasir - a trained carpenter - has made their flat homely again.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

The firms today have innocuous, homely names such as Dave.com and Brigit; their websites are adorned with stock photos of young people and families evidently basking in the relief of a short-term financial crisis averted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

Volkswagen was perhaps Sirowitz’s most important account, and the homely Beetle, nicknamed the “Bug,” was his and copywriter Robert Levenson’s automotive muse.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

“This genre is a very interesting merge of something that is extremely homely, extremely intimate and private. Then one thinks, how do you take that onstage?”

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou