father

Example Sentences

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Her abilities, and the trust her father appeared to have in her, made her an inevitable topic of speculation about the royal succession.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“Her father was a great leader, and she has a coherent team that can pull the country out of the mess we’re in,” said Carlos Sigüeñas, a businessman on the outskirts of Lima.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

She was seen as close to her father, and was appointed to a senior role in his bodyguard command a year before her hospitalisation.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

That was the case for Millie, 28, a mother of three who went with her father to South Africa at age six, and had never returned until now.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“She was helping her father, another sharecropper, clear his field. He didn’t have sons.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes