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Meanings of wayward son in English

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Usage of wayward son in English
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Derek roared, with the fury of a father addressing a wayward son.
The Inner Shrine
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The Morokas aren't happy about what their wayward son is getting up to.
The South African
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First a troop of doting firefighters, now a public display by a wayward son.
Roast mortem
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At an after-service on Sunday evening a mother asked prayers for a wayward son in Chicago.
Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in Ameri...
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Then to Sibley, he said, My friend, you have heard me talk to my wayward son.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
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Orodes found it hard to believe that his father had said anything good about his wayward son.
Quest for honour
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His latest breath Of parley at the door of death Is a blessing on his wayward son.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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A tender parent makes a wayward son.
The Golden Censer / Or, the duties of to-day, the hopes of the f...
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Pig gave her wayward son such a punishing that he remembered it all the rest of that day.
The Tale of Grunty Pig / Slumber-Town Tales
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The chief walked out and gave me an affectionate but disappointed look, like a father would his wayward son.
The forever war
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He was a wayward son.
The Nature Faker
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Not Dick, the wayward son.
De La Salle Fifth Reader
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To reward Pepusch for his composition, Eberhard wishes him to become his wayward son's tutor instead of Maëstro Emanuele.
The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
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You had a wayward son whom the people here think you drove out of your home for gambling on Sunday.
The Tides of Barnegat
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But the Holy Father may be sorry for a wayward son, and yet be forced to condemn him for all that.
The Eternal City
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Your new book reacquaints us with the sad and troubled world of Jack Boughton, the wayward son of a small-town Presbyterian minister.
The Guardian
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