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
He too was a prodigal returned at least into the vestibule of his Father's house.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
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
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
Every day when he turned from his office to go home, it was with the unacknowledged hope that he might find the prodigal returned.
From Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves by Horatio Alger
