Returning - definition, pronunciation, transcription
adjective
- tending to be turned back
Extra examples
She is returning home tomorrow.
I'm returning your ladder. Thanks for letting me borrow it.
She is excited by the prospect of returning to school.
...refugees began returning to their homeland after years of political unrest and war...
The returning war heroes were feasted all over the country
...experiencing a moment of unusual continence, I refrained from returning her gratuitous insult...
...a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops...
...exuberant crowds rushed to greet the returning national champions in collegiate basketball...
...the returning servicemen and servicewomen were feted with a week's worth of celebrations...
...she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers...
...the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning slaves who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South...
He's been living in England for several years but he's returning stateside next month.
The returning astronauts were given a tumultuous welcome.
...the astounding sight of their cat returning home after having been missing for two years...
The country seemed to be returning to the virulent nationalism of its past.
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