How to Use stepfather in a Sentence

stepfather

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  • The stepfather of the teen searched for the teen and wound up at the school.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The stepfather called 911 and went to the scene himself.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • His stepfather, Isaquiel Tavares, awoke to the screams.
    — Jiselle Lee, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • His stepfather went upstairs and asked him for the gun.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Hoester and her husband and stepfather left their shady refuge and moved closer to the stage.
    — oregonlive, 15 July 2022
  • Jolie and Jace hugged their mom and future stepfather, all dressed for a good swim.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • His stepfather and mother had a sweat lodge next to ours.
    — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022
  • After all, her stepfather had served the club at that time, for more than three decades.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • The mother and stepfather were charged with child abuse and other crimes and sentenced to prison, the bill said.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The stepfather of the other girl was also looking for his daughter and went to the school.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Nichols worked the second shift at FedEx with his stepfather.
    — CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Her stepfather, Rob, was going to… Brady: That failed, that one, didn’t it.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 July 2024
  • On the day of the transplant, Feb. 21, Haley's mother and stepfather drove her to the hospital.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The Jeep belonged to his stepfather, who worked at a Warner Robins golf course.
    — al, 9 June 2022
  • By then, his mother and stepfather were dead, but the 12-year-old had yet to discover the truth.
    — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 13 May 2022
  • Yacht 'was their home' Buro thinks his mother and stepfather could still be alive.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • His brother, 21, tried to carry the boy back to the trailhead while the stepfather rushed to his vehicle to seek help.
    — Mary Beth Gahan, New York Times, 26 June 2023
  • Her mother taught at a Catholic school and her stepfather at a public one.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
  • At the age of 31, Wong’s stepfather dropped the bombshell that Papi Wong was not her father.
    — Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 13 July 2022
  • And my stepfather was the one who introduced me to guitar.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Dana Hayes said police have been trying for more than a year to link him to his stepfather’s 2020 killing.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Nichols' mother and stepfather signed the first wooden roof slat of the canopy before it was lifted to the top of the large canopy and drilled into place.
    — Adrian Sainz, ajc, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Denise did try to take custody of Shane a year after her mother and stepfather moved to Texas.
    — Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • Once at the home, Hardy forced the ex-girlfriend into the car at gunpoint, but before Hardy could get back in the car, the stepfather was able to drive away.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Nichols, the father of a 4-year-old, had worked with his stepfather at FedEx for about nine months, his family said.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • When Adams’ stepfather called the cops in 2007 to report identity theft, Adams fled to Hawaii.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2022
  • If there is a stepfather, some brides ask each gentleman to walk halfway down the aisle with her.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The idea stemmed from the case in which a woman’s stepfather secretly recorded more than 8,000 hours of her in the bathroom.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Theroux is Lydia's partner and soon-to-be Astrid's stepfather, much to her chagrin.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Carly Gregg, the teenager who fatally shot her mother and attempted to kill her stepfather, was sentenced to life in prison Friday.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2024

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