family man
Example Sentences
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Jim Bob Duggar attempted a political comeback in 2021 when he ran for a vacated seat in the Arkansas state Senate, leaning on what he believed was his reputation as an upstanding family man.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"He was a family man who wanted to give the best life to his five children. And now he is gone," said Khan, who also works in the UAE as a construction worker.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
"Becoming a dad really was the making of Ethan, he just had a real strong sense of wanting to be a family man," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Defense attorneys portrayed Martinez as a dedicated family man with three children and no criminal record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Tom was a dedicated family man, but like his father he was attracted to the darkness, and in 1917 he took the oath to become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.