How to Use never to return in a Sentence

never to return

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  • The sound rang out for the police and firefighters who ran toward doom, some never to return.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • After he was born, his parents moved back to China with him, never to return.
    — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
  • After he was born, his parents moved back to China with him, never to return.
    — Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Veronique, a clever favorite, learns her lover is the king, becomes pregnant and is quietly married off, never to return.
    — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Campbell was exiled after that, sent back to Worcester four days later never to return to Boston.
    — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In the fourth quarter, Marcus Smart went down amid a pile of players in the lane and eventually limped to the locker room never to return.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Trump’s claim has struck a chord with many in the Cuban exile community who vowed never to return to the island while the Castros remained in power.
    — Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The prisoners were sent into exile in Cairo, never to return to their homes in the Palestinian territories.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The comet made its closest approach to Earth in December 2025 and will exit our solar system, never to return.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • He got yanked after only two minutes, never to return after Cronin pointed to the spot of an apparent defensive breakdown as Booker walked past him on his way to taking a seat on the bench.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, 146 robotic exploration missions have gone to the Moon and another 154 have gone far beyond, with five missions heading out to interstellar space, never to return.
    — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The rift came to a head though in October 2019, just before Harry and Meghan left Britain to spend Thanksgiving in Canada, never to return full-time.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When Scott was elected in 2020, rowdy groups of teenagers were assaulting visitors in Harborplace just for fun, sending visitors back injured and traumatized, vowing never to return, nor any of their kin.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The icy visitor will now continue its journey through the outer solar system, passing Jupiter in early 2026, crossing the orbits of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune by 2028 and then head out to interstellar space, never to return.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam Kantemir Balagov’s English-language debut marks a bold pivot for the Russian auteur, who left his homeland following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, pledging never to return so long as Putin remains in power.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026

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