"So my son is the first to welcome me home after all these years of exile, and that is very fitting," he said.

"Is that any way to welcome a man after he's come in out of the rain and brought up my favorite grandchild from the city?"

In fact, I welcomed the relative silence after hours of wind, rain, and ship's engines.

Some days, more than 300 grateful people lined up to welcome them back after their shifts.

At the end of the 2012 film, he welcomes Valjean into life after death.

They embraced as indeed close kin welcomed one another after some long time apart.

He would welcome peace, after the life he had been forced to lead.

Most people will welcome advice and guidance before and after retirement.

Kellner welcomed the birth of German democracy after the war.

He tells his sister he needs to have someone to welcome him home after a defeat, like a dog.

If the Navy is welcome after the vote, protesters can then be removed.

Bleak it might be, but its heat and air would be welcome after the long walk.

The passage of a few uneventful days would be quite welcome after the recent turmoil.

The brewery's 75 workers still will be welcome in the taproom after work.

Start off properly and you have a much better chance of being welcome year after year.

Children are welcome from before the lifts open until well after closing.

It was very welcome after a trying day on the road.

The blue sky and sunshine were welcome after the rain of the day before.

They entered a large, dim hall whose cool blue light was welcome after the blaze of the sun.

The cool tiled hall was welcome after the heat of the streets and the garden.