Examples of in-law in a Sentence
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There's a main house, an in-law house, a manager's house, a bunk house and three others.
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Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
In Shrek 2, Shrek must contend with his disapproving in-laws, King Harold (John Cleese) and Queen Lillian (Julie Andrews), who are displeased with his daughter Fiona’s choice of suitor.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Here was a less varnished landscape of avatars — for our co-workers, bosses, neighbors, acquaintances, hookups, bad dates and in-laws.
—Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Your in-laws just handed you a sense of urgency to get that parental infrastructure in place.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
First of all, most young people in the area were migrating to cities, leaving mostly women behind to look after the farmland, the house and often their in-laws.
—Anne Field, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Both Jessica and Ashlee attended the trip (which was captured with several snowy Instagram snaps) with their families, as well as Tina, Joe and Jessica’s in-laws.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
The only problem: her initiation into the family includes a deadly game of hide-and-seek, where her culty in-laws chase her with guns and crossbows.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
Would offering my in-laws my son’s double bed be a good idea going forward?
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
In Shrek 2, Shrek must contend with his disapproving in-laws, King Harold (John Cleese) and Queen Lillian (Julie Andrews), who are displeased with his daughter Fiona’s choice of suitor.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Here was a less varnished landscape of avatars — for our co-workers, bosses, neighbors, acquaintances, hookups, bad dates and in-laws.
—Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Your in-laws just handed you a sense of urgency to get that parental infrastructure in place.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
First of all, most young people in the area were migrating to cities, leaving mostly women behind to look after the farmland, the house and often their in-laws.
—Anne Field, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Both Jessica and Ashlee attended the trip (which was captured with several snowy Instagram snaps) with their families, as well as Tina, Joe and Jessica’s in-laws.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
The only problem: her initiation into the family includes a deadly game of hide-and-seek, where her culty in-laws chase her with guns and crossbows.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
Would offering my in-laws my son’s double bed be a good idea going forward?
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
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“In-law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-law. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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