How to Use foster parent in a Sentence

foster parent

noun

• The big guy well outweighs his foster parents, who average around 11 kgs or 24 pounds, and eats about double what an adult king penguin does in a day.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
• The Mayes are believed to have been his foster parents since May 2023.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
• The need for foster parents in the U.S. remains crucial.
  — Abby Cruz, ABC News, 15 June 2024
• Grape has been living with foster parents Cailee and Jack, who took him to the Santa event.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
• His foster parents are willing to make an eight-hour drive to get him to a new, loving home.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
• Mildred, with big brown eyes and long brown hair, at church with her foster parents.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• But the agency did say that Smith first became a licensed foster parent in 2005.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
• And in this quiet girl, her foster parents find something, too: a kind of healing.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• The Tillers started the process of becoming foster parents 30 years ago when their children were small.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• IndyStar is not naming the foster parent at this time and no one has been accused of abuse or any crime.
  — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2024
• Unaware that his foster parents weren't his birth parents, Oedipus ran away from home to Thebes to avoid this tragedy.
  — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 12 May 2023
• Deena McMahon was brought on as an expert witness for the foster parent.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 13 Oct. 2023
• When his foster parents died, his family then sent him to a boarding school.
  — Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
• Carter, the owner of a Cincinnati hair salon, became a foster parent to three brothers in 2018.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
• That paves the way for Elijah to move in with a foster parent — in this case, a retired schoolteacher in the Traverse City area who came forward this week and offered to take him in.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024
• Johnny Cash drawled from a stereo speaker as prospective owners and foster parents drifted in and out of the building.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
• Over a decade as foster parents, Heather and Evan Rosenberg helped raise 17 children who had been taken into state care.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
• A week after the rescue, Berkowitz put out a call for foster parents to care for the newborn ducks; by the end of the day, only a few scraggly dozen were left of the tiny yellow fluffy beings.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
• Andi had worked in foster care licensing and did a lot of training for new foster parents.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
• Amos, for a time, frequently texted the foster parents to ask how Eden was feeling and discuss the upcoming adoption.
  — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2023
• Within 24 hours, Sabey’s parents were allowed to act as foster parents.
  — Steve Leblanc, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
• Three of those people have already applied to become foster parents, said Mustafa.
  — Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• When Allie, who is on the run after fighting back against her abusive foster parents, shows up to the convent, the two women’s lives are changed forever.
  — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
• While there, Kate met with adoptive and foster parents and discussed how nurturing a child—and being nurtured as a child—can impact one’s life.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023
• However, after the family moved and Robin started a new job, the couple decided the time was not right to be foster parents.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• The only thing that has risen is the percentage of licensed foster care beds that are provided by foster parents instead of group homes.
  — Kathryn Hurd, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• Nova and the puppies are currently living in a foster home—the foster parents caring for the canine group plan to adopt Nova once the puppies are weaned.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• Reid and a younger brother eventually went to live with foster parents, who adopted them and took them to Oklahoma.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• Willis lived with foster parents Chris and Julie Finley starting at age 17 because of neglect, but went off his original script to speak of his late mother at the close of his 16 minute speech.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
• The shelter also is seeking a foster parent to help Santana get better before he is put up for adoption.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024