Adjective : his homeward way. From Dictionary.com.
We now turn homewards again, but by a different route. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The men were willing enough, so they sauntered homewards. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
He tramped on until he was tired, then turned homewards again. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
Grimes one Thursday evening as they wended their way homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets] Reference
So she turned homewards alone and she told the story in her own way. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
One evening as Handy was on his way homewards he accidentally ran across. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
Yet his heart is light, and he whistles as he turns his horse's head homewards. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
There they assembled and milked their goats, thence set out homewards at night. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Not caring to see more, and feeling very cold, he resumed his journey homewards. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
Be not your wiues and children (trow ye) now passing homewards, laughed to scorne?. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
They walked slowly homewards to The Bow in the clear warm dark of the midsummer-night. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Then he went homewards in the broiling sun, carrying the exhausted puppy under his arm. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
As he journeyed homewards through the forest he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
The dawn was breaking as Peter rode slowly homewards, and a pale pink light was in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
I leaned back in my chair with the object of resting a few minutes before starting homewards. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
They had a last adventure before they turned homewards at what they called the Isle of Gorillas. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
No Eskimos were to be found, and at last in despair the little party of explorers faced homewards. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
The cattle were found close to the camp, but so footsore that it was impossible to move them homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Fearing lest he might recognise her, she retraced her steps and continued her journey homewards down the. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
After strolling about the village for an hour, Felworth despatched his business, and we turned homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Octavius Buzzby, and the one who in the last hour had left her girlhood behind her, drove homewards in silence. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
They apportioned the rusty objects and the broken chair and wheels between them and sauntered slowly homewards. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
This he began to chip with his knife, and he placed the chips at certain distances all along the way homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
He prayed and gave thanks, and then, with a confident heart, left all the future in God's Hands and started homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light] Reference
At the end of each day the Ten Hundred swung in a long swaying column behind their band along the pavé roads homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
The men now went homewards, but they had not gone far, ere they heard a voice in the bag say, "My mother is calling me.". From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
Hugging the western shores of Baffin's Bay, the two ships were turned homewards, arriving in the Thames early in November. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
What (suppose ye) wil all they thinke, which do meete this multitude retiring homewards, to their great reproch and shame?. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
As I go homewards along the coastal road, the sea appears as blue as cornflowers, vivid against swaths of orange montbretia. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Cornwall] Reference
Hans took out his pocket-handkerchief, put the piece of silver into it, threw it over his shoulder, and jogged off homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Wainamoinen wandered sorrowfully homewards, bewailing his sad lot, thus to be compelled to live without a wife to cheer his home. From Wordnik.com. [Finnish Legends for English Children] Reference
The cold and the snow disappeared, and the weather was mild and calm as Perrin rowed homewards about four o'clock in the afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
He was very angry and sulky, and would not speak to her; but they watched the geese until it grew dark, and then drove them homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
But this was not to be, and a month later we find the two explorers turning homewards to Tripoli, where they arrived at the end of January. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Sir Philip turned homewards to seek his mother, who was a woman of whom many people stood in awe, but whose kindness of heart was never known to fail. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
We now began to be weary, and foot sore, so we gladly turned our faces homewards, the descent being much more speedy than the ascent, as might be supposed. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
The road was quite clear, and the poor pup quite lost in the unusual treat of a good meal; so I took my way homewards, with an empty stomach but a full heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too] Reference
Once he glanced back apprehensively as a small Bogobo agong sounded somewhere to the north and filled the woods with its deep and mournful tones, then hurried on homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
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