patriarch

Example Sentences

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Who do you play in “The Madison”? I play the patriarch in the Taylor Sheridan series about a family that moves West to recover from a tragedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Graham’s tweaked, sensitive patriarch is tantalizingly far from the heartbreaking dad of “Adolescence” and the gloriously oddball Riseborough makes the most of her faint-voiced mom’s severity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

And so the imperious patriarch, Whitelaw Redfellow—played by a shadowy, barely seen figure who is only toward the end revealed to be Ed Harris—casts her out of the family estate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Sir Jonathan plays Solomon Bevan, the patriarch of a farming family and the grandfather of Cefin, the eight-year old boy whose death has sent shockwaves through the town.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

The farm’s patriarch withdrew from the lectern and Mingo replaced him.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead