How to Use father figure in a Sentence
father figure
noun
- The coach was a stern, wise father figure to his players.
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This boss has been a father figure to me for nine years.
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Annie Lane,
oregonlive,
14 Nov. 2021
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The loss of that friend and father figure rocked Freeling in the summer of 2021.
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Tom Jackman,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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But this time around, the father figure has a few more tricks up his sleeve.
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Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
3 Oct. 2019
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Over the aux or on vinyl, here are the best Father's Day songs to jam to with the father figure in your life.
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Mia Uzzell,
Glamour,
19 June 2022
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For younger patrons, the closure meant the loss of a kind of father figure.
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Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2024
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That father figure is Joel, and the game takes on many of his attributes.
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Julie Muncy,
Wired,
12 June 2020
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Go full-on ‘90s father figure and wear them with slouchy socks and shorts.
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Rebecca Brown,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2022
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But when Julio Franchi met a boy in need of a father figure, his heart grew to meet the challenge.
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Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 June 2023
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For the 74-year-old, Scully was a father figure in more ways than one.
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Los Angeles Times,
3 Aug. 2022
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Here are more than a dozen IPAs to gift the father or father figure in your life.
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Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes,
15 June 2021
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There’s all these men who look at him as a father figure.
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Sonaiya Kelley,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Aug. 2023
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Don’t know what to get dad or the father figure in your life for Father’s Day?
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Jade Chung-Lee,
PCMAG,
16 June 2023
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And one that was in need of a father figure, of a family.
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Caroline Hallemann,
Town & Country,
31 Aug. 2021
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Both are stalked by the shadows of father figures who have let them down and talked them down.
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Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2024
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The men had just lost their beloved older sergeant, George Cox, who had been a kind of father figure.
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Masha Gessen,
The New Yorker,
12 Nov. 2023
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Father’s Day is right around the corner and there is still time to buy a present for the father figure in your life.
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al,
15 June 2022
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Slough House is a house in which a whole lot of kids live, looked after by a father figure, Lamb.
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Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Oct. 2024
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Jeff Hyland was a mentor to so many and a father figure to even more.
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Degen Pener,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2022
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Bob agrees to take the case, and becomes the caring friend and father figure Matthew never had.
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Heller McAlpin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Sep. 2024
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Walker had become a father figure to her, and gave her a chance in the world of racing PR.
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Chapel Fowler,
charlotteobserver,
12 July 2018
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And that could be the father figure also in Russia right now.
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Malina Saval,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2022
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Does the father figure in your life have a penchant for pungent pot?
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Adam Tschorn,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2021
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One scene, towards in the end of the movie, shows how powerful a great father figure can be.
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Maia Efrem,
refinery29.com,
15 June 2019
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It’s a father figure, a strongman figure that attracts all of the orphan souls of the world.
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John Benson,
cleveland,
10 Dec. 2022
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Many pieces of clothing may persuade the father figure in your life.
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Cassell Ferere,
Forbes,
8 June 2022
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Along the way, Kerr said, Olson became a kind of father figure.
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Ann Killion,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Feb. 2021
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In appearance, the tough guy from Holyoke, Mass., is about as far from Ward Cleaver as a father figure can get.
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Jesse Leavenworth,
courant.com,
14 June 2021
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Flashbacks show Mack as a lovable father figure to the wild young Ivan, even when his wife walks out on him.
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Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
18 Aug. 2020
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The death of Williams' older brother in 1997 deeply bothered him, since his brother had been a father figure to him, court records show.
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
23 Sep. 2024
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