How to Use prodigal son/daughter in a Sentence
prodigal son/daughter
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One of them remembered me from a long-ago visit and greeted me like the prodigal son.
—Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023
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In his view, the novel recasts the biblical story of the prodigal son.
—M.j. Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
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In the parable of the prodigal son, Nussbaum finds a model of unconditional love and forgiveness.
—M.j. Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
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Eastman became an active writer and illustrator on the comics line again starting in 2011 — the prodigal son had returned to the Turtles!
—Jarrett J. Krosoczka, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
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Wei-Chen and Sun Wukong are acting out an archetypal tug-of-war between patriarch and prodigal son.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 24 May 2023
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In Columbus, Bronny would always be scrutinized and prodded as a prodigal son.
—Bill Oram, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2023
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Gunn became the prodigal son who never returned, and many English critics lined up to castigate him for running to seed—and to free verse—in America.
—Matthew Bevis, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
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Curiously enough, what makes this interesting is that the prodigal son was not a popular subject for painting at the time.
—Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2022
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Few players are capable of upstaging LeBron on any night, let alone when the prodigal son returns for his lone Cleveland visit.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
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After four seasons of humiliation and struggle, Kendall the prodigal son was ascendant and probably in the best position of all the siblings to assume the throne.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
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The latter was a task for Jess given by Kendall, the prodigal son who after three seasons is unraveling in real time after trying, and failing, to overthrow his father — again.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 7 Dec. 2021
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The latter was a task for Jess given by Kendall, the prodigal son who after three seasons is unravelling in real time after trying, and failing, to overthrow his father — again.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 6 Dec. 2021
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The parable of the prodigal son, in particular, is cleverly staged and emotionally real.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2021
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The story of the prodigal son returning from some summit of achievement to his salt-of-the-earth hometown is a beloved American narrative, most often seen in Christmas movies about frazzled executives returning to their roots.
—New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
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World Wrestling Entertainment’s prodigal son could become its undisputed champion on April 2.
—Joe Reedy, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023
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