homebody

Example Sentences

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“These days, Mack seems totally happy being the homebody dad hanging with his kids, 3-year-old Dakota and 2-year-old Carson,” the Cosmopolitan writer noted.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

I’m such a homebody, so I typically work out at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

She calls herself a "homebody" but still likes going to gigs and admitted the modelling story was a great ice-breaker at "awkward" interviews or even on dates.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Brian, who hated touring, was the band’s homebody musical mastermind, and he could imbue their pop with an outsider’s moods, while the Wilsons’ father, Murry, put on the pressure as their manager.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

You could glance at Gus and never know he’d been sick, but I carried my disease with me on the outside, which is part of why I’d become a homebody in the first place.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green