On this page you'll find 20 example sentences with Father. You'll also see the meaning, synonyms such as mother or priest and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Father in a sentence

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Father meaning

  1. A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
  2. A male who has sired a baby; this person in relation to his child or children.
  3. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

Synonyms of Father

mother sire priest padre root antecedent ascendent ascendant ancestor forefather female parent parent begetter male parent title

Example sentences (20)

Loving husband of Jane, dearly loved father of John and Clare, father-in-law of Debbie and grandad to Will and Tom.

In a statement, his family said: "Norman was a cherished husband, father, father-in-law, granddad and great grandad.

His hatred of his father wasn’t due to religious differences, but because frankly, Jesse hadn’t been the best father.

The ex-BBTitans' housemate recounted how her father's family took everything from her mother upon her father's death.

Sarek is Spock's biological father and the foster father of 's main character, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green).

When his father lost his store, Kolben said that he had to start working as a grave digger — and his father joined him.

And I have been blessed to have a father who stood by me the same way Hunter Biden’s father has stood by him.

Devoted partner of Ali, much loved father of John and Andrew, and step father of Ashleigh, Jack and Connor.

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Father Albert Joubert, a martyred diocesan priest born to a French father and African mother, was also beatified with them.

Rob said: “I met Barry through my father when I was about 9 – he has been my ‘stand in father’ ever since.

Both my father and my son are obsessive about cricket,” Kamal Wadhera, Nehal’s father, told the Indian Express from Ludhiana.

The celebrated Strictly stalwart ironically thanked his father for the turbulent childhood he suffered at his father's hands.

Father Gerry Park baptised me and Father Vincent McKinley gave me my first Holy Communion in Cloughmills.

We see Pan with Super Saiyan Gohan, her father and of course Videl's husband, on SS Son Gohan & Pan, Strong Father & Daughter.

Williams became a father figure to Dakarai, whose father was incarcerated on a 20-year sentence when Dakarai was 4 months old.

But while Roman’s politics largely jibe with his father’s, James his father’s right-wing media outlets.

He also explained that his father had just passed and money would be coming from his father’s estate.

Much loved father, father in law, grandad, brother, brother in law, uncle and a good friend to many.

Whether her father Leroy McGuirk wanted her to get involved in pro wrestling: “My father was blind.

He reasons that his mother told him that his father, Jake Kane, was Veronica's biological father.

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Common combinations with father

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • his father 98×
  • the father 44×
  • father and 36×
  • her father 30×
  • father of 21×
  • father was 19×
  • my father 19×
  • father in 18×
  • and father 15×
  • father to 12×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "father" in a sentence?
An example: "Loving husband of Jane, dearly loved father of John and Clare, father-in-law of Debbie and grandad to Will and Tom." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "father" from real English texts.
What does "father" mean?
Father means: A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
What are synonyms of "father"?
Common synonyms of "father" include: mother, sire, priest, padre, root, antecedent, ascendent, ascendant. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "father" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "father", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word father. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.