How to Use start a family in a Sentence

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  • Xander wants to get married and start a family, the site says.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 25 May 2023
  • On top of that, there is the arrival of a new doctor, Cameron (Mark Ghanime), who wants to start a family of his own.
    Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2022
  • In 2020, Kapoor took a career hiatus to start a family.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 June 2023
  • Many people aspire to settle down and start a family one day, but Natasha isn’t one of them.
    Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Hailey Bieber can’t wait to start a family with husband Justin Bieber.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • Hailey Bieber can’t wait to start a family with husband Justin Bieber.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • But Chicago was home, and after her time with the Jets, Leslie returned home to marry her wife, Brandy, and start a family.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Once girls in my community are married, they are forced to drop out of school to take care of the household and start a family.
    TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
  • When Naomi Watts tried to start a family in her mid-30s, her doctors gave her some startling news.
    Kayla Blanton, SELF, 16 June 2023
  • Graham leaves the band, only to meet his eventual wife and start a family.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The two made the decision to leave Los Angeles, settle down and start a family.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Such relief is good for the economy because folks are now able to buy a home start a business even start a family.
    USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The couple are still together today and don’t appear to have any plans to settle down and start a family.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 20 July 2023
  • In the same interview, Sydney Sweeney opened up about her hopes to start a family and her fears over how that choice could impact her career.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 July 2022
  • Offscreen, Allman's busy career still left him time to start a family.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Daniel had recently told his father the couple was planning to start a family.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Some 40-year-old men might be divorced with two kids and excited to be with someone older, who doesn’t expect to start a family.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • For almost a decade, Zac and Brittney had been trying to start a family but encountered obstacles along the way.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The two developed a special closeness and agreed to start a family together.
    Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • Kang had reached her early ‘30s and wanted to start a family after years focused on eduction and building a career.
    Bruce Rogers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Australian Open champion left the sport in early 2020 to start a family and later spent time working as a TV analyst.
    James Martinez, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • As for her now-ex, the former Growing Up Chrisley star expressed his desire to start a family with Medders as soon as possible.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Timmy hired Eliza, who left Harvard after one semester to start a family, as his trusted No. 2.
    Yvonne Villarrealstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Olivia Culpo wants to start a family with Christian McCaffrey sooner than later.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Those looking to start a family shouldn’t miss the Chimi Lhakhang fertility temple in Punakha, where women wishing for a baby come to be blessed with a strike on the head by a 10-inch wooden phallus.
    Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The 53-year-old actor has been the subject of tabloid fodder for decades, with many often speculating about her relationships and desire to start a family.
    CBS News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • And that's on top of Canada's generous parental leave, which is certainly an important factor for those wanting to start a family.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The engaged couple in Kingston, N.Y., would like to pay off debt and start setting aside money to invest in their business, renovate their home and, eventually, start a family.
    Lisa Ward, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Baumgartner was upfront with Costner about wanting to start a family.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • Both real estate agents explained that their differences in wanting to start a family was what ultimately led to their split.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023

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