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'return' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'return' with 20 example sentences.


return noun

: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

: a coming to or returning home

: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

: getting something back again

: the act of going back to a prior location

: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

: happening again (especially at regular intervals)

: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

: a reciprocal group action

: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

: the act of someone appearing again

return verb

: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

: give back

: go back to a previous state

: go back to something earlier

: bring back to the point of departure

: return in kind

: make a return

: answer back

: be restored

: pay back

: pass down

: elect again

: be inherited by

: return to a previous position; in mathematics

: give or supply

: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority


  • You must return the book by the end of October.
  • Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.
  • She returned to her room.
  • He returned home after being away for ten months.
  • Have you heard already that he has finally returned home?
  • He has recently returned from France.
  • He returned home without telling us.
  • I have to return some books to the library.
  • I have just returned from the post office.
  • Why did you return home today?
  • We returned home after finishing the work.
  • When I returned home, my brother was doing his homework.
  • We had no choice but to return home.
  • I'm truly sorry for having returned home late.
  • I want to clean the house before my parents return.
  • I want to escape to a cottage and never return.
  • He left the Mexican capital to return to Texas.
  • A return ticket to Birmingham, please.
  • He never returned from that expedition.
  • This store offers a 15-day, no-questions-asked return policy.
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