How to Use family values in a Sentence

family values

plural noun
  • And folks get big mad and talk about family values and the safety of women.
    Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 11 Feb. 2018
  • God-knows-how-long of their ‘family values’ bona fides.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Behind the rhetoric of family values and parental rights is a far more unsettling project.
    The Editors, National Review, 1 Jan. 2024
  • As a result, the Christian right wing adopted the penguin as a paragon of family values.
    National Geographic, 26 May 2018
  • The family values are sewn into the Canali brand name, something its CEO was born into.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • This is also a good time to affirm your core family values.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Talk with your kids about what your family values outside of success, Akhtar Sim said.
    Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022
  • While the two boys were living at home, their father instilled in them strong family values and a mistrust for the outside world.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And when it was finally released, Lynn tried to make clear that the song wasn’t a rejection of family values.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In the midst of that campaign, Merrill made headlines for his comments about family values.
    Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Matt is the total package with strong family values, a great career, and has used his growing platform for good.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The next storm looks worse. Elections and politics Steve Garvey touts ‘family values’ in his Senate bid.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • There isn’t a single figure on the left who believes that family values aren’t important.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Her black boob, which likely nurtures her baby, was treated like a weapon against family values.
    Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Start a conversation with older teens about family values and how to make their opinions heard.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 25 May 2022
  • It’s got to do with family values, with friendship, with loyalty, with respect.
    Nancy Baym, WIRED, 10 July 2018
  • Between family values and growing up in sunny Arizona, Philipps has always been aware of the need for sun protection.
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Britain in the ’80s was grasped by the talons of Thatcherism: a brand of right-wing politics that upheld the individual and traditional family values.
    Jack King, Vulture, 14 June 2021
  • Several critics joked that family values may be unique where Massie lives.
    al, 6 Dec. 2021
  • These are people that love country music, love a great meal, and appreciate faith and family values.
    Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2018
  • But even beyond that, there was something stale in the endless repetition of lines about the crisis at the border, the national debt, the importance of family values.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • This is about two main issues: your family values and communication with your young teen.
    Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • These asylum seekers are the true family values coalition.
    refinery29.com, 27 June 2018
  • Critics praised the film for its cultural specificity and its exploration of family values and grief.
    Rachel Yang, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Mr Joyce had at first refused to resign as party leader, despite being caught flouting his own talk of family values.
    The Economist, 27 Feb. 2018
  • From the shade of a Stars and Stripes marquee, participants wait for the event to begin, lauding the U.S. president’s commitment to family values and his support for the economy.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Cartwright and Taylor may currently live in Los Angeles, but the mom-to-be hopes to instill strong family values from her Kentucky upbringing.
    Michele Corrison, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Amid that on-screen conflict, fans have taken note to the strong family values that the Flenory parents worked diligently to instill in their sons, despite the call of the streets ultimately proving stronger.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Just a couple years ago, their talk of Marxism, government crackdowns and secret plans to destroy family values would have put them at the far fringes of the Republican party.
    Tim Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Advertisement By the 1960s, moral panic induced a retreat to family values and, in turn, neon became less favored.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023

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