How to Use dad in a Sentence

dad

noun

• Her mom and dad both said she can't go.
• My fifth child was due on the first anniversary of my dad’s death.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2023
• And what’s going to happen to those people when mom and dad are no longer around?
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2023
• Inevitably the two of us would hold a last-minute counsel with my dad to try and decide on the gift.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
• My dad had a lot of back pain, and this helped prop him into the perfect position.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
• But when his career finally started to click, his mom and dad changed their tune.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Ice Cream — Little Maya finds out her dad can't pick her up from practice.
  — John Archer, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• My dad is an older generation black man who did not graduate high school.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
• My dad is this like calm, sweet, empathetic man and Happy is a little bit high strung.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
• The girl is now with her dad in St. Clair County, officials said.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023
• An indoor cat can live a perfectly happy, active life, as long as their mom or dad can provide them with the right tools.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2023
• Over it, Alejandro’s voice floats and soars, lighter than his dad’s but equally distinctive.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
• Guy has a heart-to-heart with his daughter, MacKenzie, who encourages her dad to keep putting himself out there.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• So it’s been something to relieve my mind from every day and just sit back and enjoy and watch something and forget about what’s going on with my dad.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2023
• Jacob took a seat on the other side of dad after and the press conference began, going smoothly through the first few minutes.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
• My dad had a good friend, Jackie Mills, that worked for 20th Century Fox.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
• Family vacations require advance planning so that Isaac can sleep in a campground with his dad while his mom and older sister, Lilly, stay in a motel.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023
• While others more closely resemble the narrow oblong shape of the shoes they are named for, the huaraches here are broader, the equivalent of my dad’s extra-wide New Balance.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• Freed for adoption, Aiyanna would do well in a family with 1 or 2 female caregivers or a mom and dad family with older children or no other children in the home.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Actually, Molly, who shares a love of fossils with her dad, was specifically looking for megalodon teeth, and Calvert Beach is a popular place to find them.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024