How to Use dad in a Sentence

dad

noun
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  • Her mom and dad both said she can't go.
  • His dad would bring home copies of the conductor’s score for Williams to study.
    — EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Ian and Max grew up playing basketball together and with their dad.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Many just hope that living with their parents will help them one day afford what was once more easily attainable for mom and dad.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The twins have slept great in the bunks, which means that mom and dad also sleep great on their memory foam queen-size mattress (included).
    — Whitney Spivey, Outside Online, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Viewers joined Jenn with tears over Romeo's precious reaction to his dad coming home.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The children of pros begin to understand the rigor of the pursuit, that being like mom or dad is going to take a lot of hard work.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Kerry Rego, 47, always had a rocky relationship with her dad.
    — Fortesa Latifi, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • According to her Instagram account, which is monitored by her mom and dad, Camryn has many talents.
    — Adam England, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Eagle-eyed paparazzi recently spotted new dad Tom Ackerley running some very telling errands near their home.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Caught between the music industry’s commercial demands and a power struggle with his dad, James is gradually forced to find his own voice.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Jada shared a sweet post in October 2021 celebrating her dad’s birthday.
    — Francesca Gariano, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Kutcher was surprisingly traditional and asked Kunis’ dad for his blessing before popping the question.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Sounds Freddy will be cohabitating with his dad after a personal crisis, much like Frasier did in Seattle.
    — Vulture, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Leni was photographed on the Shotgun Wedding premiere red carpet with her dad, looking as effortlessly modelesque as her mother ever has.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2023
  • In fact, one of his fondest memories of winning the Super Bowl in 2008 is captured in a photograph of his dad, who died two years ago, that’s now in his man cave.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The part about her dad is made up, too; but the rest is true.
    — Katherine Jones, idahostatesman, 26 May 2018
  • Schama says that his dad planned to make a trip to Brighton.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Feb. 2023
  • My dad was born in the time of the British mandate in Iraq.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
  • While dad cuts his way through bad guys, the son is along for the ride.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
  • In the last year that mom was alive, dad would come over and see her.
    — Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Sat in booth next to a mom and dad and two boys about 8 and 10 years old.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • My mom and dad saw it and had to show me and my brother.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Learn more about the best places to live for single moms and dads.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But what if she's pulled to it just like her dear ol' dad?
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The problem is, this hurts my dad, which hurts me, too.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Vasquez’s dad had driven a truck for more than a decade to pay off the land.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
  • Their dad had been in and out of their lives for most of their childhood.
    — Elinor Carucci, ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Toni is appalled by the idea - no way her dad was a racist.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • But this is a black and white issue for moms, for dads.
    — Fox News, 25 June 2018

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