How to Use returnee in a Sentence

returnee

noun

• Many of those returnees are still young.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
• The first returnee is a shepherd whose throat has been slashed.
  — Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
• So far this season, those three returnees have helped the push up front.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2017
• But Ozzy was not the only must-have returnee.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
• One of the top returnees shut it down after six games with a knee injury.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
• For months Wali languished in self-pity, killing time with his returnee friends.
  — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
• About half are returnees from her first camp last winter and the rest are newcomers.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• The notable returnee was Gumbs, who missed the past two practices.
  — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021
• In all likelihood, there won’t be many returnees from this most recent staff.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
• Beamon, who had 53 tackles and four sacks, is the top returnee.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
• How many returnees John Calipari will have is in flux, but there will be at least some.
  — Patrick Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• What if there was one contestant who had never played the game before amongst the returnees?
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 May 2024
• The returnees converged on the area, putting a big strain on the park’s delicate ecosystem.
  — Benedict Moran, National Geographic, 7 May 2019
• Key returnees at the skill positions and offensive line should help.
  — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• The idea, the ministry said, is that returnees can stay there temporarily.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2017
• Of the remaining three returnees, one went back to the battlefield.
  — Robert Windrem, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2018
• Marcus Hall, a 6-6 junior, leads the group of returnees.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
• And how can any government be certain such returnees won't kill in the name of Islam?
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2017
• But Tennant is the first returnee to play the current Doctor.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Defensive back Myles Bryant now figures to be among the returnees.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
• Among the other returnees, Stout said Gavin Terry will lead off and play left field.
  — Tanner Spearman, arkansasonline.com, 14 Feb. 2025
• Senior shortstop Jailen Veliz (Lewis) leads that group of returnees.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
• 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
• 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
• Survivor brought back a record 24 returnees for season 50, and has dogged a bunch with no screentime.
  — Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
• Trinity is one of the favorites to win it all again in 2017 with a healthy dose of returnees on both sides.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• 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
• One of key returnees is Nate Caldwell, who replaced Heard in the fourth quarter.
  — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2019
• The families of the returnees weren’t on site, a White House official said.
  — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, 11 May 2018
• With so many returnees and new era players, everyone is a superfan, and no one is playing like a chaotic mess.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 May 2026