How to Use prodigal son/daughter in a Sentence

prodigal son/daughter

noun

• 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
• In his view, the novel recasts the biblical story of the prodigal son.
  — M.j. Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
• In Sweden, summer is embraced like the return of a prodigal son.
  — Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
• Refusing to grow bitter or give up hope that someday my brother will return like the prodigal son.
  — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• In the parable of the prodigal son, Nussbaum finds a model of unconditional love and forgiveness.
  — M.j. Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Wei-Chen and Sun Wukong are acting out an archetypal tug-of-war between patriarch and prodigal son.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 May 2023
• In Columbus, Bronny would always be scrutinized and prodded as a prodigal son.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Deeply resentful of his absence, with no qualms about commenting on his appearance (created with the use of a fat suit), Ellie is the prodigal daughter with a monster chip on her shoulder.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The parable of the prodigal son, in particular, is cleverly staged and emotionally real.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2021
• 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
• World Wrestling Entertainment’s prodigal son could become its undisputed champion on April 2.
  — Joe Reedy, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024