father

Example Sentences

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Clare Azzougarh told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme her father Malcolm Ducker, who is in his early 70s, was one of the British citizens detained and she had no information on what was happening.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

His father was a teacher who possessed a sarcastic and ironic sense of humor that he passed down to both Ittai and his brother, Kim.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The catalyst for Jonathan Glatzer to create “The Audacity,” AMC’s dark satire of Silicon Valley that takes aim at the desperation that plagues it, began as a father witnessing his teenage son’s relationship with tech.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Investigators believe that the kind of slip Jonathan describes his father as suffering would have been unlikely in the spot where the fall happened.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

My father looks at his watch, though I can’t imagine he doesn’t already know the precise time.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse