How to Use stay home in a Sentence

stay home

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  • Her son chose to stay home alone.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • What age are kids ready to stay home alone?
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And tend to stay home after dark.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • But Shrone asked to stay home at least one day last week.
    — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Leo is a quiet kid and would prefer to stay home.
    — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Some people get the sniffles and stay home from work.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Some of my kids have no choice but to stay home and others have no home at all.
    — Rob Gagnon, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This means that many parents may need to stay home from work to care for their kids.
    — Amy Maxmen, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Now more reason to stay home and watch TV.
    — Leia Mendoza, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Who decides to show out or stay home on election day tends to change by the year.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Many times, that lack of funding meant some of the best players had to stay home.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • What age can a child stay home alone in Oklahoma?
    — Cheyenne Derksen, Oklahoman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Her mother had just called with warnings to stay home and be careful.
    — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • People who could were trying to stay home and inside.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Here's what Wisconsin law says about when kids can stay home alone.
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Sherrill urged residents to stay home and off the roads.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Most workers, in fact, were told to stay home until the chaos was sorted out.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • One person may tell you to stay home when cows are lying down, because the fish won’t bite.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
  • So her husband, who is still working, had to stay home and care for his mother-in-law.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
  • For those of you who prefer to stay home, there is always a good book or a flick on the telly.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Leticia urged her to quit her job and stay home until Selene was born.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Another might choose to stay home rather than driving to a nearby city to see a show.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
  • For those who want to stay home, let Fresh Market prepare your meal.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2024
  • As a result, a parent is left to either work part-time or stay home full-time with their child.
    — Lina Ruiz october 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Try to stay home as much, take away the kick out 3s and the chasing these guys, the shots and whatnot.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Officials urged people to stay home and park cars away from flood-prone areas.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Early on, she’s ordered to stay home while the men disappear all day.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 May 2024
  • Mamdani is asking the public to stay home and hunker down.
    — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • When the weather gets hot, some of the kids would rather stay home and play video games or be on social media.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • With many older customers, icy roads or heavy snow often mean people choose to stay home.
    — Vivian Richey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026

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