prodigal son
Example Sentences
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When the Prodigal Son’s older brother is bothered about the feast, his father tells him to rejoice in his brother’s return.
It was the most divisive appointment, the return of the prodigal son for a few or, as some other Celtic fans would have put it, the return of the shameless one, who left them in the lurch for Leicester.
From BBC
Before we meet any characters in “The Family Stone,” Thomas Bezucha’s 2005 holiday dramedy about a close-knit extended family meeting their prodigal son’s uptight new girlfriend for the first time, a cellphone rings.
From Salon
In a troubled time before their rift, my husband, by his own account, had been financially irresponsible, reckless, a prodigal son.
Wayne Rooney was greeted like the prodigal son, remembered as the 16-year-old who electrified Goodison Park with that famous goal against Arsenal rather than the local boy who left his beloved club to seek success and ending up as Manchester United's all-time record goalscorer.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
