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Meanings of homewards in English

Toward home.

Usage of homewards in English
1
The decision was a relief; as he walked homewards, he was lighthearted.
The Unclassed
2
Arrived here he disbanded the allies, and led the city troops homewards.
Hellenica
3
Without speaking the two men turned homewards, and walked across the moor.
Dracula's Guest
4
And I drove off homewards, glad to be in my own company.
Simon the Jester
5
Some then proceed homewards, others go with the corpse to the graveyard.
The Faith of Islam
6
He ordered the car without another word and they started off homewards.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
7
All at once I was conscious of extreme fatigue and turned homewards.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems
8
As Stafford rode homewards he wondered whom the strange pair could be.
At Love's Cost
9
Mannering thought over her words as they walked homewards over the sand-dunes.
A Lost Leader
10
Why, having carefully taken the bearings of the tree, I turned homewards.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
11
She gave him the letter, and then he walked with her homewards.
A Life's Morning
12
Mooka plucked him by the sleeve at last, and pointed silently homewards.
Northern Trails, Book I.
13
Four o'clock is the hour the Government clerks begin to swarm homewards.
Jailed for Freedom
14
So we turned homewards, for the Indian Conference had proved a failure.
Memoirs
15
We went on homewards, at a relaxed pace and in harmonious mood.
The Irish Times
16
So Lydia finished her marketing and turned homewards with a perturbed mind.
Thyrza
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