Examples of 'only to return' in a sentence

Meaning of "only to return"

This phrase is used to indicate that someone or something has returned after leaving a certain place or situation, often unexpectedly or unexpectedly. It implies that a previous departure or absence was followed by a subsequent return

How to use "only to return" in a sentence

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only to return
So you left once only to return later.
Only to return stronger than ever.
You will be asked only to return with a verdict.
Only to return to two frightened girls.
She quickly leaves only to return in a red dress.
Not only to return the animals to their island.
You leave me only to return later.
Only to return to the despairing darkness.
Some symptoms can disappear only to return again.
By leaving only to return with some illness.
I have never known of thieves to take such a haul only to return it.
We wish only to return to our worlds.
Such challenges may create barriers not only to return but to subsistence.
We wish only to return home safely.
The innocent victims of this conflict want only to return to their homes.

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I want only to return to my own country.
The first time only to return.
Only to return and take her own life.
I wanted only to return home.
Only to return to the grass and the dust.
They travel only to return.
Only to return with the knowledge.
The service is available only to return a child abducted by a parent.
Only to return it the following fall.
We used to take the bus only to return to the house.
Only to return with scars.
The second only to return.
Only to return back to level for a few more days.
It was only to return.
Only to return to the reality.
I will soon leave this world only to return and complete my mission.
Only to return to field with rebel blood hot upon face.
Outbreaks may resolve only to return with the next strep throat.
Only to return to girls.
I often left home at dawn only to return for food and sleep.
Only to return to their.
Time and again they left only to return for more menacing sorties.
Only to return an hour later with a missing deputy and a bulletproof story.
After a period of rest the pain may go only to return when running starts again.
They want only to return to their home rich with gold.
You may depart for trip on a beautiful sunny morning only to return in the rain.
I want only to return home.
His family had to flee the country for his safety only to return much later.
Stealing things only to return them makes absolutely no sense.
I just hate to see you go to Tuscany by foot only to return a fool.
But only to return.
Little has been repor ted about those who leave Canada only to return later.
The aircraft left only to return with another person on board.
He is frequently believed to be dead, only to return again.
It then left only to return ten minutes later reinforced by another unit.

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Only thing possessing him was a sixer of pabst
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Examples of using Return
Press BACk to return to the previous menu
Return the unit to its upright position
I have gotta return some video tapes
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