long way home

Example Sentences

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Opting to take the long way home, we hopped off the vaporetto at the top end of the Cannaregio neighborhood and wandered on foot past waterside cafes back toward our hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

"The route past this house was a long way home," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

The other day, driving the long way home, my hands on the steering wheel, I became aware, for the first time, of the absence of my lifelong anxiety.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023

On “Tournament,” lead singer Devaney invites us in mid-conversation, opening with, “and that’s fine, I’m wasting away/I took the long way home and it never paid off for me.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021

This is the day school gets out, and we're taking the long way home.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick