Examples of family name in a Sentence

Her family name is Smith. many women today do not change their family name when they marry

Recent Examples on the Web Inside America’s Black Upper Class and starred Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn, a single mother who set out to reclaim her family name but discovered a dark secret about her own mother’s past. — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022 Rosenberger was offered a choice: a luxury version of the Volkswagen Beetle or a Porsche 356, the first sports car under the family name, designed by Porsche's son, Ferry. — David De Jong, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022 Downstairs, his estranged wife plots the restoration of the family name. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022 This idea of shadow and light is a play on this family name. — Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022 By others, the town was named for the many settlers with the family name White (more than 100) who moved to the county in the 1870s. — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022 The Marcos family has spent the decades since losing power rehabilitating the family name. — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 4 May 2022 The president’s son, Hunter, and the president’s brother Jim have made a living from trafficking on their family name and political connections. — Rich Lowry, National Review, 5 Apr. 2022 The tycoons stood to benefit from association with the Biden family name while their money allowed Hunter Biden to maintain a globe-trotting lifestyle, the Journal has reported. — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

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