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.
• So Black Friday sales are making a comeback, and are likely here to stay.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
• Casey praised Ivey, who only turned the ball over twice and conducted the team's late comeback attempt.
  — Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2023
• After more than a decade off-screen, Barney the purple dinosaur is making a comeback.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• Westbrook, though, returned to play in the second half and was aggressive in the team’s comeback attempt.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• The whole comeback process is filled with lessons that carry over to all of our training and even into everyday aspects of life, too.
  — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 3 Feb. 2023
• Black Friday in-store shopping is making a comeback this year and even Swifties are fueling the trend.
  — Kelly Tyko, Axios, 29 Nov. 2024
• Panera's beloved Asian Sesame Chicken Salad is making a comeback.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
• Abe made his 2012 comeback because the ruling party needed someone to stand up to China.
  — Frank Lavin, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• But because of decades of restoration efforts, starting in the 1950s, wild turkeys have made a remarkable comeback.
  — Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
• But Jaden Campbell’s 3-pointer at the start of the fourth period began Baker’s slow but sure comeback.
  — al, 4 Feb. 2023
• Whether this comeback can be attributed to Terry’s coaching, the team’s experience (or both), Texas looks in much better shape compared to this time last year.
  — Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2023
• Edwards' comeback attempt earned the everlasting respect of Bill Belichick.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
• As iconic as Elvis Presley is today, in the late ’60s the King needed to resurrect his music career with a comeback tour.
  — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• China’s oil market is making a comeback this year after the government abruptly ended its growth-sapping Covid Zero restrictions.
  — Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• The new-look top of the Reds’ lineup sparked the comeback.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
• And the liqueur is in the midst of a comeback: Google searches for amaro have surged by 143% in the U.S. over the past five years.
  — Rachel King, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Why: Fraser makes for a good comeback story, but not the best one of the night.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
• 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
• Zach Neto scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning to complete the comeback.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
• The sporty, chic style started making a comeback a few years ago.
  — Jennifer Vermeer, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2024
• 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

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come back

2 of 2 verb

• The Bears had come back from a 23-7 deficit to give themselves a chance to win or, more likely, force the game into overtime.
  — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• Alexander came back to the Parliament in July following a six-year absence.
  — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
• Hudson didn’t come back to the ball and it was picked off by Gray, who returned it 99 yards to essentially seal the game for the Fighting Irish.
  — Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024
• Red Hot Chili Peppers’ seventh album, Californication,has come back to life across two slabs o’ vinyl—one red, the other blue.
  — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 21 Nov. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Warriors and Melton will know more when the results of more tests come back.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Carter, who came back from elbow surgery, pitched in his third game.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
• When Gil-galad puts on his ring, the dying tree comes back to life.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
• If the delay had lasted that long, Williams wouldn’t have come back out.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• Azul will make it or break it in the music scene and her past will come back to confront her.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
• That and his son, Steven Izzo, plans to come back for a fifth season as a walk-on guard.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
• The new trailer shows Eric come back from the dead to get his bloody revenge.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• The company first asked workers to come back in, for just one day a week, in March 2022.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• Herbs to start from seed: Sorrel Geese, seagulls, thrushes: This is the week the geese come back.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024