On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Son. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as boy or girl and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Son in a sentence
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Son meaning
- One's male offspring.
- A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
- A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
Synonyms of Son
Son vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Son
- The main meaning on this page is: One's male offspring. | A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents. | A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
- Useful related words include: boy, male offspring, man-child, girl.
- Possible Dutch translations are: zoon.
- In the example corpus, son often appears in combinations such as: his son, her son, son of.
Context around Son
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Son
- In this selection, "son" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eldest, ahmed, mohamed, louis, eldest and sam stand out and add context to how "son" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include s eldest son s eldest, s eldest son louis duke, son henry, teenage son and adopted son. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "son" sits close to words such as cost, book and similar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with son
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Know that we are descended from Noach's son Japhet, through his son Gomer through his son Togarmah. (18 words)
After Chris was revealed as Donny’s son, hosts aired a clip that Donny sent to his son. (18 words)
A Tel Aviv rabbi barred a man and his autistic son from their synagogue, saying the son’s behavior was disruptive. (21 words)
The Duke's eldest son's eldest son can use the courtesy title Earl of Sunderland, and the duke's eldest son's eldest son's eldest son (eldest great-grandson) the title Lord Spencer of Wormleighton (not to be confused with Earl Spencer ). (44 words)
He’s generally okay with his lack of athletic pedigree, but when his hyper-competitive dad (Robert Duvall) benches Phil’s son, 10-year-old son Sam (Dylan McLaughlin) on the soccer team, Phil decides to move his son to a new team. (43 words)
The other members included James Rogers, the son of Captain America and Black Widow; Torunn, the daughter of Thor; Henry Pym Jr., the son of Giant Man and the Wasp; and Francis Barton, the son of Clint Barton and the second Hawkeye. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Duke's eldest son's eldest son can use the courtesy title Earl of Sunderland, and the duke's eldest son's eldest son's eldest son (eldest great-grandson) the title Lord Spencer of Wormleighton (not to be confused with Earl Spencer ).
For example, the name Ahmed Mohamed Ali Farah means "Ahmed son of Mohamed son of Ali son of Farah"; a father and son or daughter never share the same surname as the naming goes father after father.
He’s generally okay with his lack of athletic pedigree, but when his hyper-competitive dad (Robert Duvall) benches Phil’s son, 10-year-old son Sam (Dylan McLaughlin) on the soccer team, Phil decides to move his son to a new team.
The other members included James Rogers, the son of Captain America and Black Widow; Torunn, the daughter of Thor; Henry Pym Jr., the son of Giant Man and the Wasp; and Francis Barton, the son of Clint Barton and the second Hawkeye.
The singer’s father, who has never hidden his doubt about the paternity of Mohbad’s son, in February, denied claims that he demanded a DNA test for Mohbad’s son, stating that his son’s widow suggested it.
Carole is survived by her daughter Laura and son-in-law David, her daughter Meg and son-in-law Robert, her son Joe and daughter-in-law Angie and her grandchildren, Benjamin, Bethany, Cady and Aimee.
All of his intermediate heirs predeceased him: his son Louis, le Grand Dauphin ; the Dauphin's eldest son Louis, Duke of Burgundy ; and Burgundy's eldest son Louis, Duke of Brittany (the elder brother of Louis XV).
Know that we are descended from Noach's son Japhet, through his son Gomer through his son Togarmah.
Though Worf was initially estranged by his now adult son, and skeptical of his son's desire to serve the Empire, he eventually reconciled with him, and his son joined the House of Martok.
A father and son who pulled over to help save a young puppy running loose on the road in south Edmonton were in for the shock of their lives minutes later, when the son was attacked by another dog.
A former NFL lineman and sports talk radio host has been arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting his son and choking his son's boyfriend, according to court documents.
After Chris was revealed as Donny’s son, hosts aired a clip that Donny sent to his son.
And even though his son is reportedly a good kid, he claims that his son is also “like all twelve years olds” and enjoys testing boundaries.
A Tel Aviv rabbi barred a man and his autistic son from their synagogue, saying the son’s behavior was disruptive.
At the time of the diss, Drake had yet to admit any connection to his son, but Pusha's lyrics "Adonis is your son / and he deserves more than an Adidas press run, that’s real" led to Drake defending his decision.
Bobby is a crack shot and Hank can't hit the broad side of a barn, which wouldn't be an issue except that Hank wants to enter a father-son competition with Bobby and he can't let his son down.
Bob Fulton's other son Brett remains at Manly as coach of the club's SG Ball side, while Scott's son Zac is also on-contract as part of Manly's top-30 squad.
But soon after their son David was born, Agee's female roommates began spying on her mothering behavior to her newborn son.
But younger residents like Tahovelo, 32, who is village chief Mandrohivelo’s son, and Soalahatse, 23, who is Ankarantsoa’s son, said they would consider moving if it meant better opportunities.
Chickie leaves her son, Michael J. Barry Jr. and his wife Kim of Leominster, MA; her daughter, Judy Selby and her husband Shane of Upton, MA and was predeceased by her son James C. Barry in 2021.
Phrases with son
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with son
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his son 87×
- her son 44×
- son of 39×
- the son 27×
- son and 24×
- my son 20×
- son was 13×
- son to 12×
- and son 11×
- son is 11×