single father

noun

: a father who does not have a wife or partner

He raised two kids as a single father.

Examples of single father in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Civil rights attorney Todd Hollis is a single father raising two children. —

Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024 Based on Tine Høeg’s 2022 novel, the film follows Mia, a successful writer who meets the love of her life in the charming single father Emil. —

Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024 The Saltburn actor, 31, spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his new movie Bird, which depicts a tumultuous relationship between a single father and his daughter. —

Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024 But after the death of his wife from cancer in 2018, the veteran was left to care for his children as a single father. —

Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for single father

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