in-laws
Example Sentences
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Poor Mr. Biswas, a man of meager prospects but irrepressible pride, must suffer through a series of demeaning dwellings to which his in-laws, the emasculating Tulsis, confine him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Another reader accepted $300,000 from his in-laws so he and his wife could buy a home, only to receive a demand to give their niece $125,000 when they sold the house.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Sapna said Sougat became financially reliant on his parents and in-laws, who had now exhausted their savings and were contemplating selling their homes.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Roxanne said one of the other benefits of moving in with her in-laws was that it gave them more security than renting since all of the rental properties here were owned by the same slumlord.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Dorothy, who grew up without grandparents, basked in the stability and warmth of the extended Vaughan family, but loving in-laws could provide only so much salve for a missing husband’s companionship.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
