How to Use boomerang in a Sentence

boomerang

noun
  • The boomerang that Lenahan had tossed had returned to the United States, even if the government did not explicitly acknowledge it.
    Caroline Bettinger-López, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Could attacks on Walz’s 24 years of military service boomerang on the Republican standard bearer?
    Dan Merica, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Here’s a list of some of the most notable boomerang CEOs.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And in a bonus boomerang, Hazel shows off more of her dance moves.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The video showed a disco ball, the Scales of Justice, test tubes, beakers, dry ice and a boomerang.
    Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Here are some of the boomerang images that were captured.
    Jay L. Clendenin, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • When the 12-foot par putt rolled in, Russell Knox fired his hat like a boomerang and let out a roar.
    William S. Paxton, USA TODAY, 21 June 2017
  • Come for the starry celebs and catchy songs; stay for Lew Zealand and his boomerang fish.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Kim shared a boomerang on a beachside tree swing in a pink bikini.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Is the future of housing on a troubled planet a boomerang toss to the past?
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2019
  • In a boomerang on the second slide, the couple shares a quick kiss as a photo flash lights up the moment.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The lights were described as bright, steady and in a V-shaped or boomerang formation.
    The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • See the tweet just below, explaining the book boomerang.
    Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Even the boomerang may be a Holocene aspect of Australian culture!
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2013
  • The boat was looking more like a boomerang every second as the current shoved it around the rock.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Even that ruling, though, may have had a boomerang effect.
    Michael Wines, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2020
  • In the boomerang-style GIF, the actor points to her midsection while smiling ear to ear.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2022
  • She was beamed up into a spaceship decked out with a mirror ball, a boomerang and beakers.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Both shields and boomerangs were common items across the continent.
    Robert Haidinger, National Geographic, 19 Sep. 2016
  • Both shields and boomerangs were common items across the continent.
    Robert Haidinger, National Geographic, 19 Sep. 2016
  • That leaves employers with the question: How much are your boomerangs worth?
    Byjane Thier, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Was there a debate about the utility of a boomerang arrow?
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Moore posted on her Instagram Story, along with a boomerang of her in the new gear.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2021
  • Two didgeridoos were brought home along with three boomerangs and—usefully—a large toy box.
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 5 Apr. 2019
  • Threats from London to leave the EU in a disorderly way are harmful and will come back like a boomerang.
    Washington Post, 24 July 2019
  • In general, investors would have been better off if the boomerang hadn’t come back.
    Ryan Derousseau, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The general advice for a returning CEO is not to think like a boomerang.
    George Bradt, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Inside the boomerang, there are 25 layers of a dark pigment called melanin, stacked one on top of the other with small gaps between them.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2010
  • Virginia’s drama is the first state-level boomerang of his legacy.
    New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
  • One post was a boomerang clip of the couple toasting while giving cheers with their glasses at a restaurant.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024

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