How to Use stepdad in a Sentence

stepdad

noun
  • Danilo, the mom and the stepdad of nine-year-old Maite Rodriguez.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022
  • The witness list for the defense suggests Gutierrez-Reed plans to call her stepdad to the stand.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
  • She was raised by her stepdad, who was raised by his stepdad.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Within months, Jim was both saved and married, and Bryan had a new stepdad.
    Adam Piore, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The 31-year-old stepdad began to hike back to their vehicle to find help.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • In last week's episode of Christina in the Country, Taylor cracked a joke about her stepdad's sense of style.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
  • My stepdad had a waterbed, my high school boyfriend had a waterbed.
    Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The teen collapsed during the hike and his stepdad died after leaving to get help.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 June 2023
  • My mom started screaming, first at Chris and then for my stepdad.
    Tracy Ross, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Her stepdad split, forcing Max and her mother to move to a trailer park.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
  • Then, my mom, sister, stepdad, and uncle all popped out from behind the tree!
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Teen dies hiking in Texas heat at Big Bend park; stepdad killed in car crash while seeking help.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara Julius Lasin usa Today, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • Paxton lost his dad, stepdad and two grandfathers in the same year and cleared out each of their estates.
    Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Their stepdad's brother and his children live on the third level.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2024
  • There’s always been a photo of my stepdad and a picture of my brother wedged into the base of the mirror.
    Lakeisha Goedluck, refinery29.com, 22 June 2023
  • Watch the video to see a devoted stepdad become part of the family.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Certa, who married and became a stepdad to two boys in 2022, said Mando is more than a pet.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2024
  • The plan was that Anna’s stepdad would accompany the women and then head back to Kyiv.
    Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • She was adopted by her stepdad, the musician Seal, in 2005.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 31 July 2022
  • Catherine said her stepdad died in Oct. 2019, leaving her little girl in the hands of his sick widow.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The the stepdad informs Sasha that the family is moving, without her.
    Time, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Mason grinned and followed his little sister to embrace their soon-to-be stepdad, who kissed both kids on the head.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
  • His stepdad, Darryl, texts him at halftime at every single one of his games with his thoughts.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 25 Nov. 2022
  • When my parents divorced, my mom and my stepdad moved into an apartment in Sonoma, [Calif.], which is a very small town.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 July 2023
  • Other photos in the post show Hudson throughout the years, smiling with his mom and stepdad Josh Hall, 40, and posing with his siblings.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • After tying the knot with Kardashian in May, Barker is now a stepdad to her children.
    Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2022
  • In June, Christina's husband opened up about being a stepdad to her three kids in a conversation with ET.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Lopez Sénéchal and her stepdad then sent out video reels to schools across the United States looking for an opportunity to play at the next level.
    Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2023
  • But my stepdad had moved us into Keeler Heights, a white neighborhood.
    David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • At one point, the impressive youngster matched his stepdad with the haircut, though Spencer cut his mullet a year earlier for a friend's wedding.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024

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