How to Use down-home in a Sentence

down-home

adjective
  • After all, why should your pupper have to miss out on all the down-home fun?
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 6 July 2023
  • With Rockstar, she’s put her own down-home glam stamp on the museum of rock & roll.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Voters were attracted to Carter’s down-home style and grin back then.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Crown Block’s menu is glitzy, with pricey cuts of steak and seafood, though Canteenwalla and his team added a few down-home items to lend some soul.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Its Fargo Bar & Grill has the feel of a down-home dive, but delivers top-notch service and huge platters of pub grub.
    — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But then, so were a lot of the other down-home options: chicken Creole, pork chops, country ham.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Get ready for some down-home comfort with our freshly baked homemade pies and cobblers.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The blue is speckled with some white flecks, which reminds me of blue enamelware pots and pans for a down-home aesthetic.
    — PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But her down-home values don’t come at the expense of excluding gay fans and the drag community.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • Wild mushrooms and a dash of white wine add some sophistication to this down-home comfort food.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The eight-day bus trip, which drew throngs of people, helped cement Mr. Clinton’s image as a down-home retail politician.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • And in most cases, that down-home charm is paired with upscale amenities, such as multi-course meals and extensive wine lists.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The remark was a nod to a constant, low-grade stream of criticism that Crockett’s down-home demeanor must be a front to win country music fans.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Lone Star State is one of endless possibilities—in food and adventure—with a healthy dash of down-home kindness.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
  • These dishes soon became staples in what would become known as down-home cooking.
    — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Each of these restaurants serves world-class food, but with a down-home hospitality that’s truly SYV.
    — Sunset Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Do dinner at Robin’s: a down-home kitchen lifting inspiration from every corner of the globe.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
  • Friends and critics alike described the pair as conspicuously down-home and devout.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
  • However, Sunday’s Los Angeles screening and the brunch event did resemble more of a down-home, church, and southern feel, even in the middle of Hollywood.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The eatery, known for its down-home country cuisine, introduced a slate of sweet and savory dishes on its new seasonal menu, which rolled out in restaurants nationwide Feb. 11.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Huddleston brings a gregarious energy to the role — a sort of Santa-as-Kenny Rogers down-home father figure with a raspy voice and a sincere love of children.
    — Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • During the pandemic, comedian Leanne Morgan doled out down-home advice to keep spirits up.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Cranberry-Apple Hand Pies End any meal or family get-together on a sweet note with this deliciously down-home dessert.
    — Beth Branch, Country Living, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Hands-on warm service, where co-owners will likely stop by to ask about your meal, and variations on down-home standards such as mac 'n' cheese and sweet potato fries, make patrons feel at (a slightly better version of) home.
    — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Relevant reality skills: The Arkansas mom used her down-home charm and impeccable comic timing to win over everyone in the house and fans at home.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
  • During her son’s political career and presidency, Lillian Carter was known for her down-home candor and gave hundreds of speeches on the campaign trail.
    — John Brieske, ajc, 11 Jan. 2011
  • The novel’s down-home cadences cloak its elaborate narrative circuitry, and McBride makes farcical use of the fear of newcomers held by white characters, such as the town’s physician, a Klansman.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The friendly, down-home environment makes for a wonderful vacation.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Justice’s appeal is built around his reputation as a successful businessman and a certain down-home, right-wing populist persona.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
  • Even Kohn Pedersen Fox has discovered the elegance of down-home solidity.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025

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