How to Use comeback in a Sentence

comeback

1 of 2 noun

• The team mounted a comeback in the second half of the season.
• The team was trailing after the first half, but they made a comeback and won in the second half.
• The species was nearly extinct but is now making a comeback.
• Short skirts were out of fashion for many years, but now they're making a comeback.
• Penny tile is a classic wall and floor covering that's making a stylish comeback.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2024
• The move comes as Adidas is trying to stage a comeback and move beyond the Yeezy partnership.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, oregonlive, 12 May 2023
• Rau, 33, twice missed making the Olympic team and had retired before launching an unlikely comeback bid about a year ago.
  — Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2024
• Once hunted nearly to extinction, humpback whales are still considered endangered but are making a comeback.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• Europe is a long way from Hollywood, but Depp's cinematic comeback appears to be underway.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 May 2023
• Free speech on campus has been making a modest comeback of late, as more schools look for ways to reintroduce classical liberal principles of civic debate and expression.
  — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 7 May 2023
• Presley had been a superstar on records, in films and on TV for 21 years, with tremendous highs, a few lows, triumphant comebacks and a tragic end that is still hard to accept.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024
• Seven years after closing its doors on Birmingham’s Southside, Rocky’s Pizza is slated to make a comeback.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• After an error, Ortiz found herself with the bases loaded, but was able to strikeout Basha freshman Morgan Bragg to maintain any hopes of a comeback.
  — Ben Stapley, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• The new-look top of the Reds’ lineup sparked the comeback.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
• What was once big in the '70s seems to have made a comeback in recent years.
  — Georgie Peru, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2024
• The stakes are higher, and the comeback seems more daunting.
  — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2024
• Smith is seeking to make a comeback to the role as mayor.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2024
• If there was a comeback player of the year award in the NHL, Drouin would be a top contender.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 May 2024
• Of all the ’90s fashion that has made a comeback, nail art is my favorite.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 20 Oct. 2023
• Now Nobuo Fukuda is ready for a comeback Reach the reporter at [e-mail].
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2023
• That began to change in the 1970s, as breastfeeding made a comeback.
  — Jessica Silver-Greenberg, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• But the 30-year-old has been training in Houston and appears ready for a comeback.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2023
• Chelsea Handler could make a comeback to late night TV.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• Reds third baseman Nick Senzel thought back to the other comebacks that the Reds have made in 2023.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
• And now, one of the most popular brands from the decade is also making a comeback.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
• This Year Thanks to the likes of Rihanna, the honey-blonde hue is making a comeback.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• This weekend, whip up a big batch of comeback sauce for your party food spread.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2024
• Donovan Peoples-Jones will run the deep comeback for the third level.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
• The sport has made a comeback in the District since then, but the game is 10-pin, the bruising older brother of duckpins.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
• She was supposed to return to the stage in May but opted to postpone her comeback until the fall.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2023

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come back

2 of 2 verb

• Someone gave me a roll or bread and said take three laps around the resort and come back.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2023
• Feel free to come back June 9th for my daughters wedding!!
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 21 Jan. 2023
• Reed kept him on the project, asking him to come back for Ant-Man and the Wasp.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
• This has led everyone to wonder when the Yellowstone spinoff will come back.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 22 Jan. 2023
• If he is recovered, he likely would be offered a deal to come back for a fourth season in New England.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• Whether or not the multiverse allows Maguire and Andrew Garfield to come back remains to be seen.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
• Other no-doubt NFL quarterback talents have come back for an extra year.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2023
• Bands has enormous trouble finding road crews, because a lot of veteran crew people found other jobs during the shutdown and didn’t come back.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
• From Toni Braxton to Jay Z, here are some of the stars that have experienced loss and come back stronger than ever.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Jan. 2023
• For hardship screening, jurors are typically told to come back in groups of 25 or 30 on certain days for questioning.
  — Jozsef Papp, ajc, 26 Jan. 2023
• That vibe is part of what attracted Chere Scythes, 51, to come back on a chilly Thursday night for another ketamine treatment.
  — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Apple suffered an apparent shoulder injury in the final minutes of the half and didn’t come back into the game after being evaluated in the blue medical tent.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
• But Team Elite came back, took the lead, and won the game.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN, 12 July 2024
• Many are turned away and told to come back the next day.
  — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
• What made this the right time to come back to the States for the first time in two decades?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
• And the Thorns were able to build out of the back and score two goals to come back and win.
  — oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
• But the catch is, the cringe is what keeps him coming back.
  — Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2024
• And that's how Bear Bear came back to us for the second time.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
• Terry Crews will also come back to the stage as the show's host.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
• Woodland had to up the ante when Head came back to the rec center to work out.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
• And will what happened in the outback come back to haunt them?
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Aug. 2023
• The cancer might come back in three years, five years, maybe 10 years.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
• All have pleaded for the studios and guilds to come back to the table.
  — Natasha Chen, CNN, 22 July 2023
• And even David Marks came back and was part of the fold, which is fantastic.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
• But the skies cleared a few hours later and people came back.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• But then to be able to come back to what was your home and deliver.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
• But the same can’t be said for coming back for Marvel reshoots.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
• Carter, who came back from elbow surgery, pitched in his third game.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
• If the delay had lasted that long, Williams wouldn’t have come back out.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• Hollywood is slowly getting back to work, but the days of peak TV aren’t coming back.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024