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
• There was a first-cousin match on the paternal line, and a first cousin once removed on the maternal line.
  — Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
• 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
• The law was the first major challenge to the paternal presumption.
  — Patricia Fersch, Forbes, 4 May 2021
• 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
• Alasia has two sons, a five year old and a three year old, who live with their paternal grandparents.
  — Andrea Cavallier, NBC News, 3 May 2021
• Research on the impact of paternal leave might offer a clue.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2020
• That wasn’t true: My paternal grandparents helped raise me and loved me deeply, as did my father who was unaware of the abuse.
  — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2020
• 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
• His instinct, almost more than just as a soldier and a leader, but as a paternal being, is to help this kid.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 May 2021
• The siblings — one of whom is a two-year-old who now lives with a paternal father —were all mostly asymptomatic.
  — Stefan Sykes, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Every once in awhile, my parents would go to the church where my paternal grandparents' remains were laid to rest.
  — Elsa Cavazos, refinery29.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• His paternal grandfather worked there for one decade, not two.
  — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• When Shaw was just 3 months old, his parents left him with his paternal grandmother, who lived 20 miles away.
  — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 1 May 2021
• 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
• The first talking head in the film is writer and critic Joe Queenan, who speaks simply but movingly of how the Beatles’ music helped dull the pain of an adolescence marred by paternal abuse.
  — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
• Both of her parents were also born in this country, while her maternal grandparents and paternal grandmother were from the state of Jalisco in Mexico.
  — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025