How to Use parent in a Sentence

parent

1 of 2 noun

• The parent brings food to the chicks.
• The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child.
• The new plant will have characteristics of both parent plants.
• My parents live in New York.
• The shots of Adam’s parents’ house were even filmed in Haigh’s childhood home.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2023
• On Monday night, Mike Jr.’s parents were all about the process.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• And less shock could mean less screen time strife for parents and kids alike.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023
• Those who are 21 and younger and live with their parents must apply with them.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
• If that’s the case, schools will notify parents ahead of time.
  — Rebecca Griesbach | [e-mail], al, 9 Aug. 2023
• In the sixth grade, his parents took him to his first concert, Johnny Cash.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
• But Thursday marks the first time his parents, Ernesto and Maria, are in the stands when the season begins.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• Her husband worked at their startup at the time, and her parents lived in Korea.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 11 Nov. 2023
• In the 1960s, teens were not content to dress like their parents or follow their career paths.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• The man said his fiancee and parents were inside the home, officials said.
  — Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
• In the release, Thompson noted that parents of the children present at the time were made aware of what had happened.
  — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
• Rich and Brown were parents of three children, all under age 12 when Rich was killed.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
• Her parents were sitting at a table next to him and the future first lady, Jill Biden.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• The two married in 2020 and are already parents to two daughters — Zara and Naomi.
  — Janelle Ash, Fox News, 28 July 2023
• My favorite moment in that video had to be when the two parents were arguing.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
• Our pet parent said that no other shampoo has made her dog’s fur feel as soft.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• Her 5-year-old brother, Prince Louis, didn't join his parents and siblings for the outing.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
• What should parents do about school during a measles outbreak?
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024
• Hamming it up on social media is what this pair of new parents do best.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2023
• But there’s very little for lawmakers (or parents) to do on their own.
  — Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic, 11 June 2023
• The survey also took a look at the astrology sign of pet parents.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 2 Sep. 2023
• His parents plan to visit his siblings in Moscow to join them for their first legal drinks.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• Faith Pinho: The fact is, Paulina’s custody hearing would affect more than the two girls and their parents.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• There are entire Reddit threads and dozens of YouTube videos that teach kids how to hack their devices and sneak around behind parents backs.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
• Jags also encourages her pet parents to go out and get some sun.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
• My parents had a Pointer Sisters tape in our car, Breakout.
  — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2023

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parent

2 of 2 verb

• And the real challenge at the end of the day with cloning is who's going to do the work of parenting that clone?
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 26 July 2023
• Essentially, to parent through rewards is to play with the levers of a child’s dopamine.
  — Josh Wilbur, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
• There is no one answer in how to parent a troubled child.
  — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2020
• The 20-year-old graduated from high school this year, has a job and wants to parent his 2-year-old son.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
• One of the most rewarding elements of life is to parent a child.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• That means, somewhere out there, a mom is trying to parent through a migraine.
  — Tonilyn Hornung, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2020
• The pair continue to co-parent their 3½-year-old daughter, True.
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
• Jenny’s out of town for work, so Nurse Joe must parent Christopher alone.
  — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021
• The author points to the loneliness on both sides: for those who are parenting and for those who are child-free.
  — Carola Lovering, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
• Brown, 33, who helped co-parent the girls with Creek and Meade, said NaJhari was just learning how to say his name.
  — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
• The focus should be on parenting them and making sure their needs are met (to the best of your ability).
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Jimmy deals with parenting his teenage daughter, who wants to go on a group date.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• With daycares closed, she and her husband were both forced to parent two kids while working full-time.
  — Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• The first Black fathers on American soil in 1619 did not have the legal right to parent their children.
  — Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2022
• That, looking back, her mom — who could at times be abusive — didn't always have the tools to parent her and her siblings.
  — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2021
• All coaching really is, at the end of the day, is parenting for football.
  — Keith Pearson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Then 25-year-old Kutcher married the 40-year-old actress and moved in with her, helping to co-parent her teens with Willis as well.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023
• As Anh tries to parent her brothers while navigating life in the refugee camp, Pin widens her scope.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Since their separation, the two have butted heads over how to co-parent their children.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• Meghan Leahy Meghan writes about parenting for the Washington Post.
  — Meghan Leahy, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023
• One thing that struck me was watching Emma, a mother, trying to parent from space.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2020
• The Sister, Sister star also said the pair would be maintaining a friendship to co-parent their kids.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022
• Hader and Carey finalized their divorce in June 2018 and now co-parent their kids.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• The power of the novel is in the moment-to-moment work of parenting a wholly dependent child.
  — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2023
• Whiskers, the river otter who parented the first otter to be born at the Detroit Zoo in 50 years, died on Tuesday.
  — Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
• This often overplayed phrase, while not always helpful, is true: No one is meant to parent alone.
  — Danielle Campoamor, Woman's Day, 14 Oct. 2020
• While balancing work and school, he and Lisa also parent their 2-year-old daughter, Quinn.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• Who knew a movie adapted from parenting book Queen Bees and Wannabes would result in one of the most beloved movies of our generation?
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 12 May 2023
• They were brought together to make each other better and to co-parent their two children.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2022
• As is the case for many common questions about how to parent the 5-to-12 set, there’s just not much meaningful research out there about phones.
  — Vicky Hallett, Washington Post, 30 July 2021

Last Updated: 7 May 2024