Explore Godfather through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like godparent or patron. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Godfather meaning
- A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
- Someone who plays a key role in fostering the development of something.
- A mafia leader.
Using Godfather
- The main meaning on this page is: A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child. | Someone who plays a key role in fostering the development of something. | A mafia leader.
- Useful related words include: godparent, patron, sponsor, supporter.
- In the example corpus, godfather often appears in combinations such as: the godfather, godfather of, godfather to.
Context around Godfather
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Godfather
- In this selection, "godfather" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, political, fellow, drunk, part, tom and returns stand out and add context to how "godfather" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a political godfather and and the godfather part iii. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "godfather" sits close to words such as addis, bailout and bauchi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with godfather
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Godfather Returns picks up the story immediately after the end of Puzo's The Godfather. (16 words)
In the flora of imagination, he is a hero, a villain, a mentor, and a political godfather. (17 words)
From Godfather to Cotfather you have to give this legend some credit for his energy and sheer staying power. (19 words)
Ebert stood by his opinions with one notable exception – when Stern pointed out that Ebert had given The Godfather Part II a three-star rating in 1974, but had subsequently given The Godfather Part III three and a half stars. (40 words)
Hudson’s Republican loyalties are mentioned, but there is nothing about how he joined the celebrity pile-on against Marlon Brando, who refused his 1973 Oscar for The Godfather as a protest against Hollywood’s treatment of Native American people. (40 words)
He is godfather to two children of former players, and his son Jake has a former player for a godfather, Tom Quinlan, who chose baseball over hockey after graduation and ended up playing in the Major Leagues. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
He is godfather to two children of former players, and his son Jake has a former player for a godfather, Tom Quinlan, who chose baseball over hockey after graduation and ended up playing in the Major Leagues.
Ebert stood by his opinions with one notable exception – when Stern pointed out that Ebert had given The Godfather Part II a three-star rating in 1974, but had subsequently given The Godfather Part III three and a half stars.
He received his first Oscar nomination and would reprise the role in the equally successful sequels The Godfather Part II ( 1974 ) and The Godfather Part III ( 1990 ).
The Godfather Returns picks up the story immediately after the end of Puzo's The Godfather.
An identically unseemly altercation was going on in Oyo State between Governor Rasheed Ladoja and his own political godfather, Lamidi Adedibu.
As the final installment of The Godfather trilogy this feeling of purpose and finality is exactly what was missing when the film first came out back in 1990.
Conversely, Fredo's first entrance in "The Godfather" comes at a wedding reception where he's up close and personal with Michael, right after Michael explains the family business to his girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton).
Fellow "godfather" Dr Geoffrey Hinton has also signed the same warnings as Prof Bengio, and retired from Google recently saying he regretted his work.
From Godfather to Cotfather you have to give this legend some credit for his energy and sheer staying power.
Get ready to dance all night long as pop legends Bananarama will be headlining Friday night, supported by the Godfather of party bangers, DJ Judge Jules.
Hinton is the ‘godfather of AI’ who invented the deep learning systems that gave us these powerful, puzzling machines.
However, it is pertinent to note that Fubara is not the only sitting governor in Nigeria who was pushed to that position through the help of a godfather.
Hudson’s Republican loyalties are mentioned, but there is nothing about how he joined the celebrity pile-on against Marlon Brando, who refused his 1973 Oscar for The Godfather as a protest against Hollywood’s treatment of Native American people.
In Enugu, for instance, Sullivan Iheanacho Chime was still governor-elect when he started to undo all that his mentor and godfather had put in place.
Instead of running his own political business, he was minding Tinubu’s business –gallivanting all over Nigeria with his godfather.
In the flora of imagination, he is a hero, a villain, a mentor, and a political godfather.
It seems, there is practically no one to take action against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad – the godfather of Captagon trade in today’s world.
Lagos is considered the stronghold of Bola Tinubu, being a 2 term governor of the state and some political pundits have described him as the political godfather in the state.
Moreso, the governor is now being denied the right to appoint those whom he feels can serve and deliver as against the foisted representatives by his power drunk-godfather.
Now the pair’s relationship is purely a friendship, with McGuigan serving as godfather to one of Groves’s sons.
Common combinations with godfather
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the godfather 96×
- godfather of 42×
- godfather to 18×
- godfather part 17×
- political godfather 13×
- his godfather 7×
- godfather and 7×
- and godfather 6×
- as godfather 6×
- godfather is 6×