homeward journey

collocation in English

meaningsofhomewardandjourney

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homeward
adjective
uk
/ˈhəʊm.wəd/us
/ˈhoʊm.wɚd/
going ...
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journey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒɜː.ni/us
/ˈdʒɝː.ni/
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in ...
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(Definition ofhomewardandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhomeward journey

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Jan's response rejects this as a difficulty but raises another potential obstacle - the timing of thehomewardjourney.
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That should apply to the journey to the match, the duration of the match itself and thehomewardjourney.
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Having recovered his top garments, he starts on hishomewardjourney, repeating in reversed order the same stages as he passed through in the morning.
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Sometimes they are double the time on thehomewardjourneythan it takes to do the journey in the morning.
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Two thirds of these people are not making thehomewardjourney.
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The shipowner faces that and proceeds further afield or trades in the hope that thehomewardjourney may reimburse him for the loss which he has sustained.
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Greely and the other survivors were themselves near death; one of the survivors died on thehomewardjourney.
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The back nine holes were redesigned in the 1960s, making thehomewardjourneya challenging one for golfers of all standards.
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They find him in a circus, trying to earn the fare for hishomewardjourney.
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She is of great help to him and hishomewardjourney;.
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After entertaining the guests, the brides escorts are given some bars of soap, heads of tobacco and a goat or duck for theirhomewardjourneylater that night.
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Hishomewardjourneywas a triumphal march.
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