How to Use in-law in a Sentence

in-law

noun

• All of this, over the prospect of some in-law apartments?
  — Molly Osberg, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2023
• The husband flies out, and the wife waits for a visa while living with her in-laws.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 13 June 2023
• My sister-in-law has lived with my in-laws for four years.
  — Dear Annie, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2023
• Haskell shared a home with his wife and in-laws in the 4100 block of Coldstream Terrace in Tarzana.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• My husband and my mom and my in-laws were home for the duration of my shoot.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
• My wife was the daughter and she and her brother are the executors to the last of my in-laws to pass away.
  — Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• The beaches were stunning, the ocean was warm, my future in-laws were kind.
  — Raksha Vasudevan, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• These dinners, which used to be at the in-laws’ house, are now held at my daughter’s house.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2023
• And, if my in-laws are anything to go by, the evening repast was a light meal of soup, bread and leftovers from lunch.
  — Jamie Schler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Ask for a meeting with your spouse and your in-laws, or even just you and whoever runs the house.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• Question: My in-laws are planning to sell their Bay Area home.
  — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
• Miller said his family, not his in-laws, should take care of the children.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• The trouble is that my in-laws have no respect for our household rules.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Serve the corn with butter and salt, or enjoy it as my in-laws do—with nothing at all!
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
• There's a main house, an in-law house, a manager's house, a bunk house and three others.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
• The English actor was concerned with what his in-laws would say.
  — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• Her in-laws, visiting from out of state, hiked in with her husband to meet her.
  — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Could there be something more to Francesca’s reaction to her new in-law?
  — Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• The way to be a good in-law is the same way to be a good person: to be patient, welcoming, friendly and kind.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The way to be a good in-law is the same way to be a good person: to be patient, welcoming, friendly, and kind.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
• That was probably the safe move depending on how many in-laws came over for the free meal.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 14 Apr. 2023
• There’s a lot of young women are being raped by their in-laws, by their, by their spouses.
  — Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 5 July 2024
• Her children were baptized there, and her in-laws, who are in their late 80s, were married there too.
  — Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
• And Paulina’s in-laws treated her like a porcelain doll.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• Shi’s in-laws, David and Vicki Lin, rushed to the hospital to tend to Amy, and were still there when their children were slain.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Afterward, Jihan spent her first night in her new home—a room at her in-laws’.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Dear Carolyn: My in-laws are coming for a visit next week.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• At the time, my eldest daughter was only 2 years old, and my in-laws were staying with us.
  — Joan Nathan, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
• Are there other relatives, such as your in-laws, who could step in?
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2023
• Ironically, even Vance’s own in-laws would not have been able to get into the U.S. if his stances were law.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024