mother-in-law

Example Sentences

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But having grown up in less-privileged circumstances, she’s uneasy in the world she now inhabits and bristles at the condescending manner of her mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

My mother-in-law wasn’t one for raunch; she probably just thought the onesie was silly and cute.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Ahead of Sturgeon's Kuenssberg interview, her lawyer Aamer Anwar insisted his client never spotted the 24ft-long motorhome parked in the driveway at the side of her mother-in-law house during her visits.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

I will say, in this hour, I do a whole piece on my mother-in-law, and I’ve talked about my mother-in-law a lot in my comedy specials, and she loves it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The mother-in-law problem is abated because the new daughter has a privacy she never had and a place of her own in which to build the structure of a family.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck