How to Use father-in-law in a Sentence
father-in-law
noun-
My father-in-law recently drove off the side of the road, hit a tree and totaled the car.
— Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Plus, my father-in-law lives alone and has a two-bedroom house.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 May 2023 -
On the show, Jen says her father-in-law, David Affleck, is the cousin of the famous brothers.
— Angela Andaloro, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024 -
My father-in-law was too busy, so my mother-in-law came alone.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023 -
Channing Tatum is sending love to his soon-to-be father-in-law!
— Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024 -
After the speech concludes, his father-in-law and mother-in-law come up to give him a hug.
— Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023 -
His home is in the names of his wife and father-in-law, and all of his companies are LLCs, which could shield him from claims.
— Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023 -
So, Blanco and his father-in-law trekked on foot, by train, and sometimes by bus.
— Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 15 May 2023 -
What are the chances her series could be aired on the network started by her father-in-law?
— Neda Ulaby, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024 -
So do her father-in-law, her brother and her brother-in-law.
— Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023 -
Believed to have been owned by the father-in-law of Julius Caesar, the texts were carbonized by the heat of the volcanic debris.
— Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024 -
The father-in-law of a friend was a farmer who would drive trash bags full of meat into Boston to sell once a quarter.
— Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024 -
To the delight and cheers of the crowd, Kylie, 32, laughed it off as did her father-in-law, Ed Kelce, who was seated behind her.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024 -
Serve your father-in-law coffee, and whoever else is at the house.
— The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023 -
My mother-in-law was there, my mother, my father-in-law.
— Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024 -
On that dreadful Monday, March 27th, when six souls lost their lives in the Covenant shooting, my father-in-law called me to break the news.
— Margo Price, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023 -
There isn't enough time for Forti to pick up Dale, murder him and then meet his father-in-law in 90 minutes.
— Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024 -
No one turns it up higher than Eduardo (Andy Garcia), the father-in-law the nerdy bird’s just met.
— Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 -
Jon Bon Jovi is looking forward to being a father-in-law.
— USA TODAY, 2 May 2023 -
After assisting his father-in-law, Mr. Ford got back in his car with his wife and two young girls.
— Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024 -
The house is believed to have been rented by the victim's former father-in-law only a few weeks ago.
— Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023 -
Curry’s father-in-law, King Nereus (Dolph Lundgren), not so much.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023 -
Hideki Chiba was in the same sports store in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo looking for something for his father-in-law.
— Stephen Wade, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024 -
Along with the father-in-law of one of those accused of abuse, they were forced to remain outside until the closing prayer, Choate has said.
— Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 27 Jan. 2024 -
Palmer, a 40-year-old lifelong resident of the Sacramento area, co-owns the place with his father-in-law.
— Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024 -
But my family will still come visit, and my father-in-law will cook.
— Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 14 Dec. 2023 -
While his father-in-law slept, Odom drove their rig hundreds of miles; while Odom slept, his father-in-law took the wheel and drove hundreds more.
— Will Swaim, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024 -
The plot concerns a rabbinic prodigy named Nahum, who falls in love with his father-in-law’s young wife and gets her pregnant.
— Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023 -
What our gifter says: My father-in-law—grandpa to 13!—loves wowing the whole family with quirky facts.
— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024 -
The absentee ballot was dropped off by Chip's wife, Becky, on her father-in-law’s behalf.
— Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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