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• The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.From the entry face
• At 5–1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.From the entry down
• She's never been one for the quick comeback.From the entry one
• The San Francisco 49ers had their glory days under Joe Montana and may be making a comeback under Alex Smith.From the entry glory days
• To turn a setback into a comeback, you must make a conscious choice to shift your mindset.2025 March 11, Ahmed Musa, Rebuild Yourself and Rise to Power: Turning Struggles into Strengths, Recorded Books. From the entry turn a setback into a comeback
• But yes, I think the 60s Black Pantheresque "afro" is making a comeback.2021 May 27, CheckBox, “Re: Why have blacks stopped shaving their heads?”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry black pantheresque
• American comeback narratives are — customarily — uplifting stories that root for the underdog.2018 August 17, Jenny Lee, “Rudy Ghouliani and the art of the American comeback”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 20 May…. From the entry zomedy
• Rooting for Giuliani’s comeback would be like cheering for the reanimation of the undead.2018 August 17, Jenny Lee, “Rudy Ghouliani and the art of the American comeback”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 20 May…. From the entry zomedy
• Clinton began a comeback with a down-home plea for forgiveness, Mrs.2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times. From the entry plague
• A few scornful, sarcastic comebacks came to mind, but I kept it playerish.2015, Oasis, White Heat, page 30. From the entry playerish
• Guma quit his midsentence comeback aimed at Stupenagel and hurried from the room.2004, Robert K. Tanenbaum, chapter 25, in Hoax, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 531. From the entry midsentence
• It's been a fortnight of forevers since the Braves could count on a late-game comeback.2001 September, Michael Knisley, “The Braves' last stand”, in Sporting News, volume 225, number 36, page 12. From the entry forever
• Soon the novelty of all-talking pictures wore off and incidental music began to make a comeback.1969, Toby Haggith, “Face the Music”, in Film Quarterly, volume 22, number 4, page 11. From the entry production value
• "Midget" golf, a national passion 25 years ago, has been making an unspectacular but steady comeback.1956 June, “Some people make money from golf”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 10, number 6, page 17. From the entry midget golf
• Measles and other vaccine-preventable illnesses are making a comeback.2022 December 27, André Picard, “What did we learn from a year of outbreaks? Our response to viruses shows we aren’t using our mitigation…. From the entry mpox
• The crowd, instantly thrilled to hear the latest comeback single live, matched the enthusiasm of the members with impressive fanchants.2019 September, Keeley Burridge, “KNK: Live In London”, in UKP Magazine, page 20. From the entry fanchant
• "Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter.2014 April 11, Gary Smith, Hero Road, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry mang
• Could the space opera be making a comeback?2014 June 12, Nicholas Barber, “Out of this world: are space operas making a comeback?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry space opera
• This got me wondering, is there any comeback for the doorer, and is there any recourse for the dooree?2014 January 28, Honour Tomkinson, “Oxford cycling campaigner Honour Tomkinson will be sticking to cycling along the canal path...”, in…. From the entry doorer
• Kelly Ayotte will win the New Hampshire governor’s race, CNN projects, completing a political comeback eight years after she lost her Senate seat.2024 November 6, Eric Bradner, “Republican Kelly Ayotte will win New Hampshire governor’s race in political comeback, CNN projects”, in CNN. From the entry Ayotte
• But whether or not the VCR makes a complete comeback, VHS enthusiasts agree that these tapes occupy an irreplaceable place in culture.2021 February 20, Hannah Selinger, “Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2022. From the entry make
• She makes the most out of the flimsy plot, filling out her prima donna character with campy temper tantrums and snappy comebacks.2018 December 6, Sonia Rao, “The top 10 movie scene-stealers of 2018, from Awkwafina to Hugh Grant”, in The Washington Post, Washington…. From the entry Hathahater
• Last November’s Latin Grammy Awards ceremony seemed to be the culmination of a heartwarming comeback for the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Robi Draco Rosa.2014 August 15, Larry Rohter, “Life After ‘Vida’: One Man’s Time to Heal”, in The New York Times. From the entry draco
• Scotland had scored a goal that seemed incongruous to the rest of their performance and, briefly, a fiercely partisan crowd sensed an improbable comeback.2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian. From the entry incongruous
• Ricky Hatton's ex-coach Floyd Mayweather Snr believes it is inevitable the former world champion will be forced into making a ring comeback.2010, “Mayweather Snr feels Hatton will fight again”, in ESPN. From the entry SNR
• He is high as a kite on Fair Trade espressos and spitting feathers that Ted Nicholls is apparently having some sort of comeback.2007, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Anonymous, Fashion Babylon, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry spit feathers
• It’s been 84 years since Robyn released new music – actually, seven, now concluded by the Swede’s great comeback Dopamine, which came out after we voted.2025 December 3, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Laura Snapes, “The 20 best songs of 2025”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London…. From the entry it's been 84 years
• Other offers came and went, but it was YouTubing and podcasting that filled Foster’s time, not football, albeit with the door to a comeback left slightly ajar.2023 March 24, Adam Leventhal, “Ben Foster’s move to Wrexham: How a business and football deal was done”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry YouTubing
• They won at West Ham in a quarter-final replay then survived a comeback from a resurgent Everton to win the semi-final with Antony Martial's late winner.2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC. From the entry resurgent
• But Democrats across the South hope what just happened there is the start of something big – the first ripple of a Democratic comeback in the Deep South.2013 June 23, Molly Ball, “Can Democrats Win Back the Deep South?”, in The Atlantic. From the entry blue wave
• Aristotelian philosophy and Christian theology emerged and subverted it for a number of centuries, but it made a comeback with the naturalist philosophers of the sixteenth century.2005, David Skrbina, Panpsychism in the West, MIT Press, →ISBN, pages 2–3. From the entry panpsychism
• The "comeback money" may represent large bets which illegal bookmakers are unable to "lay off" among themselves, bets which no one in the bookmaking organization desires to hold.1951, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, United States…. From the entry comeback money

Meaning of comeback

1. noun A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.
2. noun A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
3. noun An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.

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Questions about comeback in a sentence

How do you use comeback in a sentence?

Comeback is used as a noun. For example: “That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback.”

What is a short sentence with comeback?

“Could the space opera be making a comeback?”

What does comeback mean?

Comeback means a return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.