How to Use father in a Sentence
- He has been like a father to me.
- He's the father of three small children.
- He was a father to me after my own father died.
- He became a father when he was 30.
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His father was the Gators coach then and now serves as Ben’s full-time coach.
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Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Sep. 2023
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His father, Ali Hamdan al-Halhouli, 61, heard the shot from his house and ran to the boy.
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Sufian Taha,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2024
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The father said his 7-year-old daughter was also inside the house at the time.
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Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
17 May 2023
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About a year and half or so later my father passed away and so did part (of) my heart.
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Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com,
al,
17 May 2023
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His father … was a craftsman, and Charles learned those skills.
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Kevin Dayhoff,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2024
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The father, Kengele, is also a white rhino and is still at The Wilds.
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John Tufts,
The Indianapolis Star,
10 Jan. 2024
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His father, who grew up an orphan, smoke and drank with him.
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Kenan Draughorne,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2024
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Jakob has no memories of his father, and his path hasn’t been easy.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2024
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On the first day of the holidays, his father dropped him off at a meat processing plant.
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Olivia Potts,
Longreads,
15 Feb. 2024
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His father, Jack, owned a company that made men’s suits and coats.
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Richard Sandomir,
New York Times,
15 July 2023
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And Luke’s father was just sentenced to prison after his fourth DUI.
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Todd Nordstrom,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024
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He was appointed to the board in 1999 by Sanders' father, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee.
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Michael R. Wickline,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Dec. 2023
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The prince—dressed in his signature navy suit—seems to be tying his father’s golden robe in the sweet shot.
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Rosa Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
21 June 2023
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Anil Kapoor essays the role of a father while Ranbir Kapoor is the son in the film that explores a twisted side of father-son bond.
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Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2023
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Shortly after, her father heard a shot fired and ordered the girl back to their apartment.
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Chicago Tribune Staff,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2023
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Her father, who was also born in St. George, became the village priest.
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WIRED,
15 July 2023
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In many ways, her son is half her ex-husband, so speaking ill of the boy’s father only hurts her own son.
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Dear Annie,
cleveland,
16 July 2023
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And now Dean’s death was being used by the state to separate someone else’s father from his child.
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Sarah Stillman,
The New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2023
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Gama’s father grabbed the infant and then headed to the kitchen to prepare a bottle to feed the baby, according to the warrant.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2024
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But when the couple offered to sign BIBI to their label in 2017, her father tearfully had a change of heart.
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Jenna Wang,
Peoplemag,
18 Nov. 2023
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Things didn’t go out of order, like a father outliving his son.
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Teresa Strasser,
Good Housekeeping,
9 Aug. 2023
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The force of the crash caused her father Andy's seat to collapse backward, colliding with Taylor, who was strapped in her car seat.
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Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2023
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In Alaska, a father and son from Oregon died when their charter boat capsized in the cold waters of Glacier Bay in 2016.
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Michelle Theriault Boots,
Anchorage Daily News,
31 May 2023
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Madison Shea Pilkington had her father’s freckles across the bridge of her nose.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com,
al,
9 Aug. 2023
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Arch played quarterback at his father’s old high school, Isidore Newman School, while Heid plays center on the team.
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Jacklyn Krol,
Peoplemag,
19 Aug. 2023
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Furthermore, her father perished in the days after the attack.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
17 Nov. 2023
- He was praised for fathering a plan to improve the city's schools.
- Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered.
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That Trump fathered a love child with a colleague in the 80s.
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Kenzie Bryant,
Vanities,
12 Apr. 2018
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Why would Charley Pride want to father a child out of wedlock?
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Michael Granberry,
Dallas News,
9 June 2021
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For 26 years, Mudd never told a soul about the Australian man who fathered her child.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Nov. 2019
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Just two males had fathered more than half the calves born to the southern residents since 1990.
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Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2023
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If Bruce didn’t father Damien until sometime in his mid-20s, then Bruce would be cast in the mid-to-late 30s range.
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Mark Hughes,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2023
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In 1997, a U.S. court ruled that Khan had fathered a child in America.
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Munir Ahmed,
Fox News,
15 Aug. 2018
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The younger child, in particular, didn’t want to let her father out of her sight.
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Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
22 Apr. 2022
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To the relief of family and fans, Quaid went on to father four children.
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David Segal Paulo Nunes Dos Santos,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2023
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Banff has since fathered four offspring with his new mate.
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Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Feb. 2024
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Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape.
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Sarah Yang,
Sunset Magazine,
22 Sep. 2023
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On the other hand, a poor boy may not father any children while a poor girl is more likely to.
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Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
8 Apr. 2022
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Marcus, the youngest, worked at the hospital and fathered six children.
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Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
27 Dec. 2019
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There are no figures about the number of children fathered by Catholic priests.
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Nicole Winfield,
The Seattle Times,
20 Feb. 2019
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Her aunt has no idea that her late husband fathered a child 60 years ago while they were married.
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Amy Dickinson,
The Denver Post,
14 Aug. 2019
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The zoo previously said the new sloth is due in early summer, and is fathered by Moe, who has been at the zoo since 2006.
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Emily Deletter,
The Enquirer,
1 June 2023
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Tian Tian, a male giant panda at the National Zoo, has fathered all of her cubs.
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Rebecca Bratek,
CBS News,
5 July 2018
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Rumors that Drake secretly fathered a son have been swirling around for a long time.
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refinery29.com,
29 June 2018
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And while a man can father multiple sets of children with no one the wiser (just look at Elon Musk), a woman?
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Katie Gutierrez,
Town & Country,
28 July 2022
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Some in the family say part of the money came from a white man who fathered one of Collier’s ancestors.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2020
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An ex shows up claiming Jorge fathered her 10-year-old daughter.
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Melody Chiu,
PEOPLE.com,
23 Apr. 2018
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On the other is Terrell, who doesn't want to father any children with his ex-wife and wants the embryos to be donated.
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Dakin Andone,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2020
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With the testicles, the transplant recipient could have fathered a child who had the donor’s DNA.
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Rachel Becker,
The Verge,
23 Apr. 2018
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Steve was the second of Bob's children, as the painter had previously fathered a child as a teenager.
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Stephanie Kaloi,
Peoplemag,
19 Apr. 2023
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Some girls were forced to marry their captors, and many had children fathered by the militants.
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Washington Post,
21 Mar. 2018
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The Florida Gators’ golf coach married the love of his life, fathered two children and took over one of the nation’s premiere programs.
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Edgar Thompson,
orlandosentinel.com,
11 July 2019
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All three litters were fathered by a male Amur leopard named Oskar.
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Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
8 Apr. 2023
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He's believed to have fathered a litter of four kittens in July 2018.
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Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2020
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The Arkansas girl is the child of Biden's controversial son, Hunter Biden, who fathered her out of wedlock.
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Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
29 July 2023
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