The phrase "home bound" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used when speaking of someone traveling back home from somewhere. Examples: "My family and I were finally home bound after our long road trip." "Once the school year ended, the students were home bound."
By the next day, Danny, too, has vanished from his home, bound for a confrontation with his old friend.
The soldiers are alleged to have dragged the disabled 52-year-old man from his home, bound and gagged him, and shot him at point-blank range.
We'll begin this week with a bizarre tale from Germany in 2009, when one James Amburn, a 56-year-old financial adviser, was ambushed outside his home, bound with masking tape and bundled into the boot of a car.
Of course, other contributing factors to the increase in online spending this holiday season (besides an improved economy) included more free shipping offers, as well as the Northeast Blizzard that kept many shoppers home bound following the Christmas holiday.
I did not have insurance; I was home bound and unable to navigate the system.
Home bound essentially means they can not leave to go see a doctor or receive other necessary medical care.
I was a home-bound family person, so I don't like all the limelight.
We are more home-bound domestics now, rarely going to gay bars.
If your diary is to be a home-bound creature, keep it under your bed or in your bedside drawer.
Instead, Ms. Bochicchio stayed in her apartment and dialed up several home-bound residents to make sure they were okay.
One weekday evening in 2004 home-bound office workers needed earplugs as a handful of formula one cars performed tyre-smoking doughnuts and burnouts in Pall Mall.
