RETURN in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for RETURN, such as:
1. He made a nostalgic return visit to Germany.
2. Summer and winter, autumn and spring return.
3. Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.
4. One half we return into the box for future purposes.
5. There was no return address on the back of the envelope.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RETURN
return
 n.  (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
 n.  the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  One half we return into the box for future purposes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  John Ferrier's heart was sore within him when he thought of the young man's return, and of the impending loss of his adopted child.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
3  In return for all this we asked but one condition: that was, that you should embrace the true faith, and conform in every way to its usages.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
4  In it he told the young man of the imminent danger which threatened them, and how necessary it was that he should return.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
5  Funds were wanting, however, and for some time he had to return to work, saving every dollar for his approaching journey.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
6  Summer and winter, autumn and spring return.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
7  To return to the meaning--Are machines the devil, or do they introduce a discord.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
8  And then by a return on his former subject, he conceived a spark of hope.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
9  Every time I brought the stuff back, there would be another paper telling me to return it, because it was not pure, and another order to a different firm.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
10  And yet I was not alarmed; the fall seemed natural, like a return to the old days before I had made discovery.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
11  He is gone away, and there is no present expectation of his return.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
12  The only evidence of her last return now, were the scantier moveables in his room, and the grayer hair upon his head.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
13  He pushed the door open as he called to her, but did not return into the room, or wait to be lighted down the narrow stairs.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
14  The return he makes her, within my observation, is a very poor one.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
15  Not even known to be gone until receipt of message, importing that her return was not to be expected for the present.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There was no return address on the back of the envelope.
2  Detach the lower part of the form from this letter and return it to the above address.
3  He took out a court injunction against the newspaper demanding the return of the document.
4  The Education Secretary accuses teachers of wanting to return to a dark age.
5  We had almost given up hope of the ship's safe return when she sailed in.
6  Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.
7  Some environmentalists argue for a return to a pre-industrial society.
8  BReid, who is a former deputy district attorney, did not return a phone call seeking comment.
9  A barge was about a hundred yards away, waiting to return seaward.
10  Fears that instability would return under the Democrats gave the government a broad base of support.
11  They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
12  For my return journey, I felt I could afford the extra and travel first class.
13  Lettie had never yet failed to return from town without some special treat for him.
14  They called for the return of internment without trial for terrorists.
15  He made a nostalgic return visit to Germany.