father

Example Sentences

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Related: ‘I plan to take out a mortgage’: My father died.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Then, less than a week later, as Jessica was in her bedroom, being comforted by her maternal grandmother, Linda Gandy, her father appeared.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Once a relatively obscure royal, he outmaneuvered older cousins and purged rivals to become heir apparent as the health of his father, King Salman, declined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In his newly released memoir, Galaxy great Landon Donovan recounts his troubled relationship with his father and how he overcame crippling depression.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

I supposed she didn’t want to live in a neighborhood where so many people scorned her —even her own father.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu