How to Use single parent in a Sentence

single parent

noun
  • In the 1960s, a female chemist goes on to be a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • In the 1960s, a female chemist goes on to be a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And 81% of those single parent homes are headed by a mom.
    David G. Allan, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • In the 1960s, a female chemist becomes a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • That was about a woman who was divorced and a single parent in a small New Hampshire town.
    Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 June 2024
  • And dad was forced to be a full-time single parent of two, including Kyrie’s sister Asia.
    Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2024
  • Don’t let being a single parent prevent you from doing the same with your kids.
    Jill Robi, Parents, 18 May 2024
  • For Quattlebaum, who is a single parent, this has been the largest expense.
    Nayanika Guha, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Duncan struggled as a single parent to keep up with wealthy peers who often sent their kids to school with sushi.
    Rina Raphael, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That’s one-tenth of the median income for a married couple and more than one-third of the income of a single parent.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
  • After the loss of his wife, Myers became a single parent.
    Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
  • What does health mean for a single parent trying to get by with little money?
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • Seeing how hard his mom worked as a single parent, the NFL star said he was inspired to push himself and never give up.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • One man loved his father, who had brought up three kids as single parent after his wife had died of cancer.
    Robin Stern and Marc Brackett, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
  • His mom was a single parent struggling to raise three boys by herself in a rough neighborhood.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2024
  • That is an enormous amount of work in those first two years, especially as a single parent.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
  • With those gigs often lasting a couple of days and Church being a single parent, Velez would sometimes have to tag along.
    Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
  • His mother, a single parent of nine, struggled with alcoholism, leaving him to take on the role of provider for his siblings.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Divorced for several years, Spruill was a single parent to three children, ages 7, 8 and 13.
    Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Notably, 2-year-old Chuckie (voiced in the episode and much of the series by Christine Cavanaugh) was the only member of the adorable crew being raised by a single parent.
    John Russell, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • After a divorce, O’Conner struggled to raise a daughter as a single parent.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • But Alyce Thompson believed her husband was dead and was trying to raise four young children as a single parent.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Every Tuesday while her kids were at school, Maya set aside her overwhelming to-do list as a lawyer and widowed single parent.
    Jodie Sadowsky, CNN, 4 June 2023
  • But there were also moments when the solution wasn’t evident to me, and as a single parent, there was no other adult in the house to consult.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2023
  • Especially when that someone is a single parent with a full-time job.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In some cases, a single parent’s complaint can lead to a book disappearing from school shelves.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
  • In some cases, a single parent's complaint can lead to a book disappearing from school shelves.
    Justine McDaniel, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • In some ways there’s a distinction when grief is a part of the landscape between being a single parent and being a solo parent.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
  • For a single parent, the one-on-one dynamic adds to the intensity of the experience.
    Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The 29-year-old single parent had never been separated from her daughter before, so the distance has been hard on both of them.
    Zulekha Nathoo, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023

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