prodigal returned
Example Sentences
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Despite being jettisoned at fly-half when the prodigal returned in the autumn, Kinghorn is playing some of the best stuff of his life in his new-old role.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
Wherefore he came home one dry dull day in October, and the neighborhood welcomed him, if not as their prodigal returned, yet as their lunatic restored to his right mind.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various
Punctually on Christmas Day the prodigal returned from his farthest wanderings, and made for Prior Street as for his home.
From The Helpmate by May Sinclair
"What would she do, I wonder, if the prodigal returned," he said quietly.
From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
There was a joyous dinner at Elder Weaver's house that same Christmas day, the family being united again, the prodigal returned, and bringing with him a wife newly wedded.
From The Evolution of Dodd by William Hawley Smith
