How to Use paternal in a Sentence

paternal

adjective

• He did not neglect his paternal responsibilities after the divorce.
• He’s talked about how important the series and the paternal bond were to him many times over the years.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
• His paternal grandfather, George, served as mayor of Franklin Township, in the middle of the state, in the 1960s.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• Though the mild-mannered Hunt played a paternal role, the Super Bowl wasn’t conceived out of love, but, rather, war.
  — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
• Chaos is created, and then the paternal detective finds the truth and solves it all.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2022
• Hale is the daughter of Meghan's paternal half-sister, Samantha Markle, who shares the same father as the duchess.
  — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Dec. 2022
• As Ledecky's paternal uncle, the swimmer is a proud fan of the pro hockey team, while her uncle is a fan of hers.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
• And Hank was buried on top of his paternal uncle, who died at age 26 in a car accident.
  — Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• At the cocktail reception, which took place on the ground floor, Wyden gaped at the portraits of her paternal line that decorate the walls.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022
• Adding to the intrigue is the fact that Peacock’s paternal grandmother also was a Shields.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 28 Apr. 2022
• Meanwhile, her reunion with the paternal side of the family is rife with culture shock.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• Even the name, Yasmine, is a nod to Haddad’s paternal grandmother, who still lives in a small village in the mountains above Tripoli.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023
• Blu's paternal grandmother, Karen Rolland, 57, said the boy would have turned 6 last week.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2022
• But, when Hicks made that crack about Cohen, his mouth broke out into a crooked little paternal smile.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
• At the time, Balti was just a few years shy of 39, the age at which one of her paternal aunts had died from an extremely aggressive form of breast cancer.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
• That was all nice and spicy, but for me as a person, as a woman, to go your entire life up to 38 years old and not even know the name of your whole paternal identity.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
• But a time came when such proud declarations about his son had to come from a paternal perspective, not one of a coach.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 20 June 2021
• His paternal grandfather worked there for one decade, not two.
  — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Her carne asada recipe is a hand-me-down from her paternal grandmother, with whom Padilla lived as a girl.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2022
• Yet, in the early years, paternal favoritism perhaps encouraged Anne’s refusal to bow to the heir.
  — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 18 Jan. 2023
• My paternal grandfather owned a butcher and deli shop and my father worked with him.
  — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
• My daughter was welcomed by her paternal grandparents, but I was told there was no space for me.
  — Elisabet Velasquez, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2022
• Others had been gone for years, like her paternal grandfather, who was killed in 1941 at the beginning of the second World War.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2022
• The actress’s paternal great-grandfather, Tim Mara, founded the team in 1925.
  — Erica Marrison, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• Their son, Joseph Corré (the surname was his paternal grandmother’s), was born in 1967.
  — Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• Her paternal grandmother died from the disease in 2006.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
• In the cells that produce eggs and sperm, the maternal and paternal copies of the chromosomes line up and swap corresponding segments of DNA.
  — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2023
• The word patriot itself comes from the same root as paternal and patriarch.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2022
• As the assault began, in a moment of paternal instinct, Moaweya quickly rushed his girls to safety.
  — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2024
• At that point, Danielle was living with her paternal grandfather in New Jersey.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024