How to Use father figure in a Sentence

father figure

noun

• The coach was a stern, wise father figure to his players.
• But he was still known as a father figure to the group.
  — Ashok Sharma, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
• This boss has been a father figure to me for nine years.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
• The loss of that friend and father figure rocked Freeling in the summer of 2021.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
• But this time around, the father figure has a few more tricks up his sleeve.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• Over the aux or on vinyl, here are the best Father's Day songs to jam to with the father figure in your life.
  — Mia Uzzell, Glamour, 19 June 2022
• For younger patrons, the closure meant the loss of a kind of father figure.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• That father figure is Joel, and the game takes on many of his attributes.
  — Julie Muncy, Wired, 12 June 2020
• Go full-on ‘90s father figure and wear them with slouchy socks and shorts.
  — Rebecca Brown, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2022
• But when Julio Franchi met a boy in need of a father figure, his heart grew to meet the challenge.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2023
• For the 74-year-old, Scully was a father figure in more ways than one.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
• Here are more than a dozen IPAs to gift the father or father figure in your life.
  — Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• There’s all these men who look at him as a father figure.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Don’t know what to get dad or the father figure in your life for Father’s Day?
  — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 16 June 2023
• And one that was in need of a father figure, of a family.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2021
• Both are stalked by the shadows of father figures who have let them down and talked them down.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
• Smart will be leaned on not just as a coach, but as a father figure to pull his team through the season.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2018
• The men had just lost their beloved older sergeant, George Cox, who had been a kind of father figure.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
• Father’s Day is right around the corner and there is still time to buy a present for the father figure in your life.
  — al, 15 June 2022
• Slough House is a house in which a whole lot of kids live, looked after by a father figure, Lamb.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
• Looking to pick up a gift for the father figure in your life before June 17?
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 11 June 2018
• Jeff Hyland was a mentor to so many and a father figure to even more.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2022
• He was seen as a father figure to millions as Dr. Cliff Huxtable.
  — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2018
• Bob agrees to take the case, and becomes the caring friend and father figure Matthew never had.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
• Walker had become a father figure to her, and gave her a chance in the world of racing PR.
  — Chapel Fowler, charlotteobserver, 12 July 2018
• And that could be the father figure also in Russia right now.
  — Malina Saval, Variety, 11 Mar. 2022
• Does the father figure in your life have a penchant for pungent pot?
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021
• One scene, towards in the end of the movie, shows how powerful a great father figure can be.
  — Maia Efrem, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
• Trump is in desperate need of a father figure, and with a father like Fred Trump (Martin Donovan), who wouldn’t be?
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
• Over the past 22 years, Doug has not only been a mentor in the wine business but has also acted as a de facto father figure.
  — Noel Burgess, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024