How to Use dad in a Sentence

dad

noun

• Her mom and dad both said she can't go.
• 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
• Owen doesn't even think his dad's record has a few more races left.
  — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2020
• Chances are, your plant mom and dad friends have used their best spots, too.
  — Liv Birdsall, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2020
• My dad and mom were always in great movies, so the movies were fun to watch.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2023
• My dad is always been a very big fan in sort of passed it on to me.
  — Dana Scott, azcentral, 29 Jan. 2020
• Mom says ‘Oh, this is too big for me and dad, all our kids are gone.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2021
• The first time with Sarah on the call to her dad, Jesse and I were in bits after that first take.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
• And then my dad and Ringo were there to talk about the Beatles.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 Jan. 2023
• Her dad is one of seven kids and her mom is one of six.
  — Fran Tirado, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
• His mom held down two full-time jobs, his dad stayed home.
  — Nicole Cliffe, SELF, 26 June 2019
• Her mom stayed with her for half the week, her dad the other half.
  — Daniela Porat, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2020
• Nobody wants to look like a child out for a bike ride with their mom and dad.
  — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• On the last page, Rash’s son is a grown man, and sits next to his dad, who is bald with a gray beard.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• My dad happens to be walking out of this restaurant and turns right.
  — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
• Chuck and my dad shared the wonderful journey that has been the cable industry for six decades.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025