How to Use foster home in a Sentence
foster home
noun-
She’s learned to coexist with the felines in her foster home.
— Shelter Staff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024 -
He had been diagnosed with heartworm and went through four months of treatment in a foster home.
— Arizona Republic, azcentral, 23 Aug. 2019 -
As a teenager, Taylor spent several years in foster homes.
— New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019 -
Desperate not to be returned to his father or placed in a foster home, Socrates tries to fend for himself.
— Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019 -
Marcus' parents took him and his sister to daycare one day and never returned, which landed the kids in foster homes.
— Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Then she was driven off to live with strangers in yet another foster home in Massachusetts.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2019 -
Both drafts said case workers should ensure all children in a foster home are comfortable with the living arrangements.
— NBC News, 6 Aug. 2019 -
Instead, the children — now 5 and almost 2 — were sent to a foster home where neither Spanish nor English was spoken.
— Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 29 Aug. 2019 -
The rescue was able to send Dolly, her ten siblings and her mother to a foster home in Dallas but is still looking for a forever home for the family.
— Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2019 -
Meili said Washington spent several years in Child Protective Services and foster homes.
— Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 24 July 2019 -
The arguments say that this law, meant to protect Native children, is instead hurting them by limiting their field of potential foster homes and adoptive parents.
— Nick Martin, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2019 -
Outdoor female cats with litters will often leave the kittens to go find food, and if someone stumbles along adorable kittens taking a nap, their first impulse could be to take them to the shelter or a foster home, Fried said.
— Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024 -
The campaign’s goal is to have 50 dogs in foster homes by the end of the month.
— Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024 -
The Powells put the dog in a foster home for three months.
— Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 5 Jan. 2021 -
There are just shy of 4,000 such foster homes statewide.
— Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Amy has tried for six weeks but cannot find a home nor a foster home.
— Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024 -
The three children have been placed in a foster home and have returned to school.
— Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2020 -
Long spent many years going in and out of foster homes.
— Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024 -
The puppy seems to be settling in well to his foster home.
— Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022 -
Cline, a Texas native, bounced around foster homes as a child.
— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 -
The girl, who is estranged from her mother, has since been placed in a foster home.
— Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023 -
In 2018, the boys were removed from their foster home and placed with the West family.
— Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 June 2022 -
Moreno said the child is happy in his foster home and refers to the Bernhardts as his parents.
— Peggy O’Hare, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021 -
Later, his father went to prison, and Hunter was placed in a foster home.
— Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2021 -
At the last minute, the worker said, staff were able to track down an emergency foster home for the teen.
— BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021 -
Buzz is a very healthy and happy boy and thriving in his foster home.
— The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2020 -
Those who are not will be placed in a foster home to ride out the storm, the station reported.
— Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 31 Aug. 2019 -
Dobby received a warm bath, a big meal, and a large bed at her foster home.
— Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022 -
The boy ended up having to go to a special needs foster home.
— Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023 -
She was placed at the Carmelite Home in East Chicago for a month before they were moved to a foster home, charges state.
— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2023
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