Frances made her way homeward along the old sea wall.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
And then he's made it, horror shy, homeward bound.
As in Las Vegas, we never see the great mute herd trudging homeward with their pockets empty.
At least once in every watch period Bowman would look homeward through the antenna-alignment telescope.
It was five o'clock and they began the trek homeward.
Mrs Chatterji points the child homeward, then turns to Maya, who has folded her hands in traditional Bengali greeting.
Now the wedding procession started homeward.
So on the third day she turned homeward, for what else could she do?
They beg Ahab to turn the ship about and sail homeward.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►homeward-bound
homeward-bound (=travelling towards home) commuters
►the homeward journey
(=the journey back home)· In the car on their homeward journey, they discussed the wedding.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►homeward bound
After months of travel, we were at last homeward bound.
And then he's made it, horror shy, homeward bound.
Day 16 Mombasa-London Depart Mombasa on a homeward bound flight, arriving in London early evening.
Voice over Rob begins the homeward bound trip next week.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivehomelesshomelyhomewardnounhomehomelessnessadverbhomehomewardsverbhome
1 (also homewards British English) towards home: She turned and made her way homeward.2homeward bound literary going towards home—homeward adjective: his homeward trip