hometown

Example Sentences

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I was visiting my grandfather’s hometown in Xingguo county, in southern Jiangxi province, shortly after I learned I was being expelled from China along with some other American journalists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

During a late-March event held in Fairey’s hometown of Charleston, S.C.,

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

It is also a time of farewells, when school graduates leave their hometown while many corporate professionals receive assignments in new cities.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

He opened a coffee shop in his hometown of Blackwood, south Wales, and has since opened another in Merthyr Tydfil, as well as supplying coffee to stores across Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

She thought of it as her dad's hometown.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye