How to Use father figure in a Sentence

father figure

noun

• The coach was a stern, wise father figure to his players.
• This boss has been a father figure to me for nine years.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
• Over the aux or on vinyl, here are the best Father's Day songs to jam to with the father figure in your life.
  — Mia Uzzell, Glamour, 19 June 2022
• For younger patrons, the closure meant the loss of a kind of father figure.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• Go full-on ‘90s father figure and wear them with slouchy socks and shorts.
  — Rebecca Brown, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2022
• But when Julio Franchi met a boy in need of a father figure, his heart grew to meet the challenge.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2023
• For the 74-year-old, Scully was a father figure in more ways than one.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
• There’s all these men who look at him as a father figure.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Don’t know what to get dad or the father figure in your life for Father’s Day?
  — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 16 June 2023
• And one that was in need of a father figure, of a family.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2021
• The men had just lost their beloved older sergeant, George Cox, who had been a kind of father figure.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
• Father’s Day is right around the corner and there is still time to buy a present for the father figure in your life.
  — al, 15 June 2022
• Jeff Hyland was a mentor to so many and a father figure to even more.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2022
• And that could be the father figure also in Russia right now.
  — Malina Saval, Variety, 11 Mar. 2022
• It’s a father figure, a strongman figure that attracts all of the orphan souls of the world.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• Many pieces of clothing may persuade the father figure in your life.
  — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• Exactly the kind of father figure McRib Jr. needs in its life.
  — Vulture, 4 Mar. 2022
• Myshaun Rice-Nichols, a cousin and father figure to Rice, was killed in a car accident when Rice was 11 years old.
  — CNN, 13 Jan. 2022
• Her loyalty is to Kreese at the end of the day because Kreese is such a father figure to Tory.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
• So Abbé Faria is sort of a mentor, a father figure and a man with a great appetite for life.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
• Jack gently salutes him, and Ricky tries to hold it together in front of his father figure as the bus pulls away.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022
• Judge Johnson was a father figure to his nieces and nephews.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
• Years later Hatch takes on a father figure role to the son of the informant, Jayden (Min).
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
• Tyree Delaney, Takkara Delaney's son, said his coach was more like a father figure to him.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
• Gould, who grew up without a father, said the father figure in his life was his mother.
  — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2022
• Big Durk called often from prison, and Dontay stepped up as a father figure.
  — Mark Braboy, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2022
• My granddad is 95 now, nearly, and he's always been a father figure to me.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 5 Dec. 2021
• Over time, Brown became a father figure to Al and inspired him to style his hair just like the musician.
  — Mark Elibert, Billboard, 25 June 2022
• Set in the jungle, this new movie deals with the Mythical Pokémon called Zarude, that acts as a father figure to a young boy called Koko.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• Tim to me is like a mentor/father figure but also like a brother.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024