How to Use away from home in a Sentence

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  • In all, the actress spent a year away from home to film the show’s first eight episodes.
    — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The Chargers have played five of their first eight games away from home.
    — Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Plan to stay a bit longer and pack for extra days away from home.
    — The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2024
  • He’s never been away from home for this amount of time.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • The effects of being away from home can creep up on you.
    — Roxana Becerril, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Their farm was a home away from home for friends of their sons and daughter, Sarah.
    — Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The cost of food consumed away from home jumped 4.4% in the region during the last 12 months.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • Some are away from home and their families for the first time.
    — First Tee, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • There’s no shame in getting your paint scratched away from home.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The Sharks come into Sunday with a 1-5-1 record away from home.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Perhaps that is the band-aid for being far away from home.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 10 June 2025
  • Build your own cheery retreat just a few steps away from home.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, prices for food away from home have spiked by 4.5%.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Our two children, a son 24 and a daughter 20, were away from home.
    — Bill Thomas, Outdoor Life, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Diaz had just left for work, and was a couple of blocks away from home.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
  • When away from home, a cooler full of ice or frozen gel packs is the only way to go.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
  • Indeed, the toll of living away from home for so many months has been high for many.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
  • Through word of mouth, she's heard Norman might be in Phoenix — more than 100 miles away from home.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
  • The food at home index was unchanged, while the food away from home index rose 0.3% over the month.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
  • And the cost of food consumed away from home, such as at a restaurant, increased by 9.5%.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The 9-year-old was found about .02 miles away from home, reports News Channel 8.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • San Diego won its first two road matches but has since lost three in a row away from home.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
  • That’s been a trend in road games of late, which is why the Thunder has gone 3-5 away from home since the end of the opening round of the playoffs.
    — Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • So as the hours drag on you point your surfboard away from home towards the setting sun.
    — Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Being away from home had become a grind, and Marx wanted to raise his kids and get off the road.
    — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 15 May 2025
  • When playing away from home, the odds of FC Dallas getting a win have been slim.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
  • The Dodgers will be away from home for the rest of the week, beginning a six-game road trip in Cleveland on Tuesday.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Conversely, the Thunder went 24-17 on the road, which was just the league’s seventh-best record away from home.
    — Nick Crain, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Phoenix has struggled away from home, holding a 12-27 road record.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The salient issue is the time away from home and its impact on the relationship.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023

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