How to Use father in a Sentence

father

1 of 2 noun

• He has been like a father to me.
• He's the father of three small children.
• He was a father to me after my own father died.
• He became a father when he was 30.
• His father was the Gators coach then and now serves as Ben’s full-time coach.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• His father, Ali Hamdan al-Halhouli, 61, heard the shot from his house and ran to the boy.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• The father said his 7-year-old daughter was also inside the house at the time.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 17 May 2023
• About a year and half or so later my father passed away and so did part (of) my heart.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• His father … was a craftsman, and Charles learned those skills.
  — Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
• The father, Kengele, is also a white rhino and is still at The Wilds.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• His father, who grew up an orphan, smoke and drank with him.
  — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• Jakob has no memories of his father, and his path hasn’t been easy.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2024
• On the first day of the holidays, his father dropped him off at a meat processing plant.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• His father, Jack, owned a company that made men’s suits and coats.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 15 July 2023
• And Luke’s father was just sentenced to prison after his fourth DUI.
  — Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• He was appointed to the board in 1999 by Sanders' father, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee.
  — Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
• The prince—dressed in his signature navy suit—seems to be tying his father’s golden robe in the sweet shot.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2023
• Anil Kapoor essays the role of a father while Ranbir Kapoor is the son in the film that explores a twisted side of father-son bond.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Shortly after, her father heard a shot fired and ordered the girl back to their apartment.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• Her father, who was also born in St. George, became the village priest.
  — WIRED, 15 July 2023
• In many ways, her son is half her ex-husband, so speaking ill of the boy’s father only hurts her own son.
  — Dear Annie, cleveland, 16 July 2023
• And now Dean’s death was being used by the state to separate someone else’s father from his child.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Gama’s father grabbed the infant and then headed to the kitchen to prepare a bottle to feed the baby, according to the warrant.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
• But when the couple offered to sign BIBI to their label in 2017, her father tearfully had a change of heart.
  — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
• Things didn’t go out of order, like a father outliving his son.
  — Teresa Strasser, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
• The force of the crash caused her father Andy's seat to collapse backward, colliding with Taylor, who was strapped in her car seat.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
• In Alaska, a father and son from Oregon died when their charter boat capsized in the cold waters of Glacier Bay in 2016.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
• Madison Shea Pilkington had her father’s freckles across the bridge of her nose.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 9 Aug. 2023
• Hoover’s father, Darin Hoover, said in an interview that family members have been notified of the review team’s findings over each of the last two weekends.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
• Advertisement Her late father also created another, larger version of the work in all black for the greater community down the street at Mountain View Park.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024

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father

2 of 2 verb

• He was praised for fathering a plan to improve the city's schools.
• Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered.
• That Trump fathered a love child with a colleague in the 80s.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 12 Apr. 2018
• Why would Charley Pride want to father a child out of wedlock?
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 9 June 2021
• For 26 years, Mudd never told a soul about the Australian man who fathered her child.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2019
• Just two males had fathered more than half the calves born to the southern residents since 1990.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• If Bruce didn’t father Damien until sometime in his mid-20s, then Bruce would be cast in the mid-to-late 30s range.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• In 1997, a U.S. court ruled that Khan had fathered a child in America.
  — Munir Ahmed, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
• The younger child, in particular, didn’t want to let her father out of her sight.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2022
• To the relief of family and fans, Quaid went on to father four children.
  — David Segal Paulo Nunes Dos Santos, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Banff has since fathered four offspring with his new mate.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2024
• Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
• On the other hand, a poor boy may not father any children while a poor girl is more likely to.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022
• Marcus, the youngest, worked at the hospital and fathered six children.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
• There are no figures about the number of children fathered by Catholic priests.
  — Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
• Her aunt has no idea that her late husband fathered a child 60 years ago while they were married.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2019
• The zoo previously said the new sloth is due in early summer, and is fathered by Moe, who has been at the zoo since 2006.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023
• Tian Tian, a male giant panda at the National Zoo, has fathered all of her cubs.
  — Rebecca Bratek, CBS News, 5 July 2018
• Rumors that Drake secretly fathered a son have been swirling around for a long time.
  — refinery29.com, 29 June 2018
• And while a man can father multiple sets of children with no one the wiser (just look at Elon Musk), a woman?
  — Katie Gutierrez, Town & Country, 28 July 2022
• Some in the family say part of the money came from a white man who fathered one of Collier’s ancestors.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2020
• An ex shows up claiming Jorge fathered her 10-year-old daughter.
  — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• On the other is Terrell, who doesn't want to father any children with his ex-wife and wants the embryos to be donated.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 27 Jan. 2020
• With the testicles, the transplant recipient could have fathered a child who had the donor’s DNA.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 23 Apr. 2018
• Steve was the second of Bob's children, as the painter had previously fathered a child as a teenager.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
• Some girls were forced to marry their captors, and many had children fathered by the militants.
  — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2018
• The Florida Gators’ golf coach married the love of his life, fathered two children and took over one of the nation’s premiere programs.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 11 July 2019
• All three litters were fathered by a male Amur leopard named Oskar.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• Jony has fathered a Messiah-like infant, known as The Wain, who is destined to lead the 0s to global domination.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
• Simon fathered three children and resumed his work as a plasterer.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024