How to Use foster home in a Sentence

foster home

noun
  • Muttville also is looking for more foster homes for these and other dogs.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
  • After an accident brings the situation to a head, Maria is sent to live in a foster home.
    Kristen Tauer, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Agency figures show the decline is mostly driven by a drop in relative foster homes.
    oregonlive.com, 5 June 2019
  • The number of foster homes for children actually decreased in the past year, the report said.
    oregonlive.com, 5 June 2019
  • Both daughters would eventually be placed in the foster home of an English-speaking couple.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 20 June 2019
  • The Griffins’ residence is one of 1,480 approved foster homes in the county.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2019
  • While some children have been turned over to family members, thousands are still in shelters and foster homes run by the government and nonprofit groups.
    Sarah Kinosian, Teen Vogue, 14 July 2018
  • Police in Cucuta regularly turn at least one or two children a day over to the nation's child welfare agency, where many are then placed in foster homes.
    Christine Armario, Fox News, 13 July 2018
  • And Monroe, who was reportedly abused as child living in a series of foster homes and an orphanage, was determined not to suffer again as an adult.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
  • What’s new: The new law repeals the current one and provides more specific language along with some flexibility for the state to approve foster homes.
    nola.com, 7 June 2019
  • John, the oldest, and his brother Chuck were sent to a state home and later rotated through numerous foster homes, while Mike, the youngest, lived with relatives.
    Anne M. Hamilton, courant.com, 15 July 2018
  • Since then, his two older brothers, ages 8 and 9, have been placed in psychiatric hospitals, while a 2-year-old sister and a 5-month-old brother are in separate foster homes.
    Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • The campaign’s goal is to have 50 dogs in foster homes by the end of the month.
    Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • The Powells put the dog in a foster home for three months.
    Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 5 Jan. 2021
  • There are just shy of 4,000 such foster homes statewide.
    Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Amy has tried for six weeks but cannot find a home nor a foster home.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The three children have been placed in a foster home and have returned to school.
    Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Long spent many years going in and out of foster homes.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The puppy seems to be settling in well to his foster home.
    Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Cline, a Texas native, bounced around foster homes as a child.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The girl, who is estranged from her mother, has since been placed in a foster home.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In 2018, the boys were removed from their foster home and placed with the West family.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 June 2022
  • Moreno said the child is happy in his foster home and refers to the Bernhardts as his parents.
    Peggy O’Hare, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Later, his father went to prison, and Hunter was placed in a foster home.
    Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2021
  • At the last minute, the worker said, staff were able to track down an emergency foster home for the teen.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
  • Buzz is a very healthy and happy boy and thriving in his foster home.
    The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Those who are not will be placed in a foster home to ride out the storm, the station reported.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Dobby received a warm bath, a big meal, and a large bed at her foster home.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The boy ended up having to go to a special needs foster home.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
  • She’s learned to coexist with the felines in her foster home.
    Shelter Staff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024

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