- present participle of return.
returning
Example Sentences
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“Hotel Exile” also relates the extraordinary transformation of the hotel into a center for those returning from concentration camps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
More than a month after returning to the Continental Divide Trail, my mom came down with a severe stomach virus, which my father caught a few days later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Students returning to a Kentucky middle school this year learned something surprising on their first day of class: They don’t live in Kentucky.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He travelled with his children but upon seeing the chaos at the border, he took them home before returning again to swim across on his own.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
I tried my clothes on to make sure they still fit right, then tried on a backup outfit before returning to the green sweater.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
