How to Use dad in a Sentence

dad

noun

• Her mom and dad both said she can't go.
• Murgatroyd signed off with her dad's name and the dates of both his birth and final day.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
• His son Marqll Daniels remembers his dad as his role model and hero.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022
• My dad is posing by the car, making a funny face at the ridiculousness of a parking garage party.
  — Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• My dad worked in auto collision repair and my mother worked multiple jobs.
  — Lance Doiron, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2022
• Like all the best family recipes, this keeper was passed down by word of mouth, to my dad from his Mémère, my great-grandmother.
  — Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
• Swift’s dad Scott, dressed in a Chiefs jacket, could also be seen walking behind the women.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2024
• And also, the return of Keoghan’s dad, calling in from New Zealand.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Dec. 2022
• Your kids are going through school and the pressure’s already going to be immense with kids saying things because your dad’s an actor.
  — Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
• Anderson Cooper is celebrating his first Christmas as a dad of two!
  — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
• The snowfall prevented Lugo from parking at the family’s house, so the new mom, dad and baby had to trek through three blocks of knee-deep snow to the car.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 28 Dec. 2022
• My dad was a passionate entrepreneur himself, so that carried over seamlessly.
  — Rod Berger, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2022
• Hunt, who became a full-time dad to support his wife’s political career, was the inspiration behind Swift’s new project.
  — Jesse Remedios, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• Syrotyuk fought alongside his dad early this year after joining the territorial defense and deploying in and around Kyiv.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
• The Ashkenazi dish known as kasha varnishkes has been one of my ultimate comfort foods since third grade, when my dad, tasked with representing our family’s heritage, prepared it for a school potluck.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2022
• The part about her dad is made up, too; but the rest is true.
  — Katherine Jones, idahostatesman, 26 May 2018
• Schama says that his dad planned to make a trip to Brighton.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Feb. 2023
• My dad was born in the time of the British mandate in Iraq.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
• While dad cuts his way through bad guys, the son is along for the ride.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
• In the last year that mom was alive, dad would come over and see her.
  — Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2022
• Sat in booth next to a mom and dad and two boys about 8 and 10 years old.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
• My mom and dad saw it and had to show me and my brother.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022
• Learn more about the best places to live for single moms and dads.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Feb. 2024
• But what if she's pulled to it just like her dear ol' dad?
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
• The problem is, this hurts my dad, which hurts me, too.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
• Vasquez’s dad had driven a truck for more than a decade to pay off the land.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
• Their dad had been in and out of their lives for most of their childhood.
  — Elinor Carucci, ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2021
• Toni is appalled by the idea - no way her dad was a racist.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• But this is a black and white issue for moms, for dads.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2018
• My dad and my two brothers had been there and done that.
  — Mike Carmin, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2017

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024