How to Use adopted in a Sentence

adopted

adjective

• In it, Aga learns that her adopted son was stolen at birth.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
• The behavior of his adopted Black son is likened to that of a monkey.
  — Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2022
• Even so, most refugees put down roots after a few years and make their way in an adopted land.
  — Victoria Kim Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022
• As an adopted son of Atlanta, Mr. Aaron was part of the fabric that helped place Atlanta on the world stage.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 22 Jan. 2021
• The small, windswept Baltic Sea island was Bergman's adopted home until his death in 2007.
  — Jeva Lange, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021
• The singer showed off pics of her new pet, an adopted pit bull named Angel, on Sunday (Feb. 21).
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2021
• His adopted hometown is host to many of his public works.
  — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
• Only with the weight of her adopted homeland right there on her shoulders.
  — Jake Seiner, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2022
• Instead, Aloy pulls out a hologram of Rost, her adopted father—the one who died early in the first game.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 17 Mar. 2022
• It’s that love for his adopted home that moved him to address an uptick in homelessness.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
• My favorite team is Barça, from my adopted hometown of Barcelona.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2020
• My adopted hometown of Brighton on England’s south coast is best known as a party town.
  — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020
• The hilltop town of Toledo, Spain, was El Greco’s adopted home.
  — Washington Post, 29 June 2022
• But as tensions rise between my birth country and my adopted home, the dream is now suspect.
  — Yangyang Cheng, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
• The New York state native had found a new tribe, and a new way to appreciate her adopted hometown.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021
• As well as to reflect on what made his 3 1/2 seasons in his adopted hometown such a whirlwind.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• The other color of note is blond, Lorde’s adopted hair color for the occasion.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2021
• Afterward, Davis played to the crowd in his adopted hometown by doing a backflip off the ring post and sticking the landing.
  — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 27 June 2021
• He is survived by his daughter, Yen Khanh, and an adopted son, Tran Khan, as well as a granddaughter.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
• In his adopted home, Spinks became best known for hanging out at the Last Chance Bar, a bizarre mugging in 1981 and missing choppers.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2021
• Beatrice Morrow Cannady’s profile is on the rise again in her adopted state.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2021
• His adopted son, 21M, later did the same for another pack who lost its alpha.
  — Richard Pallardy, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2021
• The adults of Trolberg, her adopted hometown, are not so accepting.
  — John Maher, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2021
• When someone says something that’s 100% wrong about my adopted hometown of Detroit, I am compelled to right that wrong.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022
• This will be her first concert in her adopted hometown since Keys moved here several years ago.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
• The city’s total adopted budget was about $1.5 billion.
  — Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020
• In this case, that involves a third-party dispute over an adopted baby that draws both Elena and Mia into the fray.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 18 Mar. 2020
• Hines continued to pour resources and love to his adopted hometown of Houston.
  — Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2020
• Oaklanders posted photos of their ticket stubs from the opening night of the movie in 2018, with captions bemoaning the loss of The Town’s adopted son.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2020
• The great rhyming storyteller Dr. Seuss, who died here in his adopted hometown in 1991, has a way of tuning the ear and turning the tongue to conversational verse.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024