How to Use returnee in a Sentence

returnee

noun
Definition of returneenext
  • Cridge was eighth at state last fall and the No. 6 returnee.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The first returnee is a shepherd whose throat has been slashed.
    — Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Daniels succeeds Rep returnee Lee E. Ernst in the role.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022
  • The Dukes took third at the Class 3A state meet last season with Hill the only returnee from that squad.
    — Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • The notable returnee was Gumbs, who missed the past two practices.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The junior point guard was slated to be one of the few returnees from a sub-.500 team this season.
    — Bob Narang, Lake County News-Sun, 8 July 2018
  • She’s the leading returnee for this year’s team, which already has a 5-1 record.
    — Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • For months Wali languished in self-pity, killing time with his returnee friends.
    — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
  • Beamon, who had 53 tackles and four sacks, is the top returnee.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • But Tennant is the first returnee to play the current Doctor.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Next year, his ninth on the ballot, Schilling will be the returnee with the highest number of votes from the year before.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The returnees converged on the area, putting a big strain on the park’s delicate ecosystem.
    — Benedict Moran, National Geographic, 7 May 2019
  • In fact, the Zags might be the best team in the country with a fabulous mix of returnees and transfers.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
  • Those five are the only returnees who played last season.
    — Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The families of the returnees weren’t on site, a White House official said.
    — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, 11 May 2018
  • There’s a new coach in Frank McManus, and with the most talented group of returnees anywhere, the Monarchs are the team to beat.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • The hopefulness of the returnee is captured on the face of a young woman who fled to Poland but is boarding a train back to Kyiv (9).
    — April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
  • One of key returnees is Nate Caldwell, who replaced Heard in the fourth quarter.
    — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2019
  • And then, the biggest returnee of all, Sebastián Blanco.
    — Kyle Pinnell For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 19 June 2021
  • Number two on the list is another returnee: Hilton, which has been on the list for seven years.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Two are returnees from college, and one high school senior.
    — oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Defensive back Myles Bryant now figures to be among the returnees.
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • What if there was one contestant who had never played the game before amongst the returnees?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 May 2024
  • Nine of the 12 returnees are in police custody while the other three have yet to face criminal charges.
    — Lisa Rose, CNN, 16 May 2018
  • And near the middle of the field will be a stakes-winning returnee from last year’s Derby program, Arklow.
    — Paul Rolfes, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018
  • Thirteen of the 15 players on UWM's roster are returnees.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Kinnaird will be the experienced returnee who gets a lot of the snaps this season.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2020
  • Sophomore Erica Lei is the other returnee from the last year’s team.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Which two returnees were convinced the season would not just be comprised of 20 winners?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Bob Jones has an impressive list of returnees from last year’s team Class 7A runner-up squad.
    — al, 9 Feb. 2020

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