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reappearance

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Re`ap`pear´ance    (~ans)
n.1.A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.

Reappearance 
  1. Always came back to me like a dog to his kennel —Nathan Shaham
  2. (The day) began all over again, like a toothache, in her memory —Frank Swinnerton
  3. [Kisses can … ] come back like ghosts —Carl Sandburg

    Sandburg used this simile to open and close a poem, as well as for its title. In between are several additional similes to illustrate that love does come to an end to be put away “Like a clock,” “Like a violin,” or “Like a summer day near fall time.”

  4. Double back like a fox eluding his pursuing hounds —Robert Traver
  5. Keeps cropping up, like toadstools after a flood —Jonathan Kellerman
  6. Like a repentant lover, I returned to that previous way of life —John Rechy
  7. Recur like wind from a returning storm —Hallie Burnett
  8. (Questions about her parentage) recurred like malaria —Rita Mae Brown
  9. Recurring like a motif in music —G. K. Chesterton
  10. (They were) returning again, like birds to their roosts —Graham Swift
  11. Return like a bad penny —Anon
  12. Return like a homing pigeon —Anon
  13. Rolled like a stone back to where he’d started —Martin Cruz Smith
  14. Turn up like an old arrest record —Marge Piercy
  15. Turn up like a single boot after I finally threw the other away —Marge Piercy
  16. [A deep-seated flaw] would surface like an aching wisdom tooth —James Lee Burke
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.reappearance - the event of something appearing again; "the reappearance of Halley's comet"
appearance - the event of coming into sight
egress, emersion - (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
2.reappearance - the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
appearance - the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"
comeback - return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
Translations
reappearance [ˈriːəˈpɪərəns] Nreaparición f
reappearance [ˌriːəˈpɪərəns] nréapparition f
reappearance
nWiedererscheinen nt; (of character in novel)Wiederauftauchen nt
reappearance [ˌriːəˈpɪərns] nricomparsa, riapparizione f


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I had dropped, with the joy of her reappearance, back into my chair--feeling then, and then only, a little faint; and she had pattered straight over to me, thrown herself upon my knee, given herself to be held with the flame of the candle full in the wonderful little face that was still flushed with sleep.
 
 
 
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