father

Example Sentences

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As children, Mrie and her sister, Alia, were obliged to plead with their father for money, which he supplied only intermittently.

From Los Angeles Times

They were ideas of memories that could change,” Domingues says of the Brazilian period thriller about a father on the run during an interview at The Times newsroom.

From Los Angeles Times

With that, my father and uncle went quiet.

From Los Angeles Times

Though surprised, the officer seated at the wheel de-escalated the situation and helped the young man find his family, the father wrote to Movius.

From Los Angeles Times

But this strong father figure is also punitive in nature; they want to earn his approval to avoid being punished.

From Salon