prodigal returned
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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
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
I lingered a little longer yet, ashamed at the part of the prodigal returned, which I feared I should play.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
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
When the prodigal returned he was not watching with his father, he was “in the field;” when he learned that his brother had been welcomed to the home he was filled with anger.
From The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition by Charles Rosenbury Erdman
