Example sentences for: down-home

How can you use “down-home” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Says New York 's John Simon, "There's good down-home, Southern-fried atmosphere ...

  • Wilco, the No Depression -approved band with the strongest fan base, swings between down-home sentimentality and rock aggression: The lyrics to a new song, "Misunderstood," begin with spare piano accompaniment and local color ("You're back in your old neighborhood/ where the cigarettes taste so good") and end with feedback and tantrums ("I'd like to thank you all for nothing at all!"

  • Aunt Kate in "That I Had the Wings" suggests Mary Rambo, the down-home black woman who nurses the Invisible Man back to health.


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