How to Use start a family in a Sentence

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  • Then there are those in the middle, those who want to start a family but keep putting it on hold because of the costs.
    Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Xander wants to get married and start a family, the site says.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 25 May 2023
  • On top of that, there is the arrival of a new doctor, Cameron (Mark Ghanime), who wants to start a family of his own.
    Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2022
  • The couple is hoping to save up to get married, buy a house and start a family.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The star of the new Netflix movie The Deliverance isn’t afraid to start a family on her own, though.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
  • My 20s were a roller coaster of trying to start a family.
    Kristal Hartman, Verywell Health, 19 July 2024
  • In 2020, Kapoor took a career hiatus to start a family.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 June 2023
  • Many people aspire to settle down and start a family one day, but Natasha isn’t one of them.
    Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Marcus, who's been in love before, is ready to settle down and start a family.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2024
  • Hailey Bieber can’t wait to start a family with husband Justin Bieber.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • Hailey Bieber can’t wait to start a family with husband Justin Bieber.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • But Chicago was home, and after her time with the Jets, Leslie returned home to marry her wife, Brandy, and start a family.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Once girls in my community are married, they are forced to drop out of school to take care of the household and start a family.
    TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Marcus has been in love before and is ready to settle down and start a family with his perfect match.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2024
  • When Naomi Watts tried to start a family in her mid-30s, her doctors gave her some startling news.
    Kayla Blanton, SELF, 16 June 2023
  • Graham leaves the band, only to meet his eventual wife and start a family.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The two made the decision to leave Los Angeles, settle down and start a family.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Such relief is good for the economy because folks are now able to buy a home start a business even start a family.
    USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The couple are still together today and don’t appear to have any plans to settle down and start a family.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 20 July 2023
  • In the same interview, Sydney Sweeney opened up about her hopes to start a family and her fears over how that choice could impact her career.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 July 2022
  • Offscreen, Allman's busy career still left him time to start a family.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The conversation needs to include men and people of any gender who want to start a family.
    Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
  • For Derulo, the relationship came at the perfect time for his desire to start a family.
    Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
  • Austin is looking for an honest, loving, fun woman to start a family with.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2024
  • Daniel had recently told his father the couple was planning to start a family.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Some 40-year-old men might be divorced with two kids and excited to be with someone older, who doesn’t expect to start a family.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • Many critics point to the never-ending quest for self-love as one of the main driving factors that make people reluctant to start a family.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 June 2024
  • For almost a decade, Zac and Brittney had been trying to start a family but encountered obstacles along the way.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The two developed a special closeness and agreed to start a family together.
    Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • Kang had reached her early ‘30s and wanted to start a family after years focused on eduction and building a career.
    Bruce Rogers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

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