mother-in-law
Example Sentences
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“My father is 80, my mother and mother-in-law are in their mid-70s. All of us try to be everywhere at all times, and we are like a significant portion of the country doing unpaid care.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
His mother-in-law, Choi Eun-soon, was sentenced to one year in prison for forging financial documents in a real estate deal.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
“Luckily, it is modular, so my mother-in-law and I took it home in pieces in two cars.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
The depictions of Ruth’s uptight and stingy brother Hyacinth and jealous and mother-in-law from hell “old Mrs. Hall” are both hoots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Moving back to India would be our doom—the two of us married off to "suitable" Bengali boys and Ma stuck in a small flat with a mother-in-law she hates.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
