How to Use dad in a Sentence

dad

noun

• Her mom and dad both said she can't go.
• The part about her dad is made up, too; but the rest is true.
  — Katherine Jones, idahostatesman, 26 May 2018
• Schama says that his dad planned to make a trip to Brighton.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Feb. 2023
• While dad cuts his way through bad guys, the son is along for the ride.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
• In the last year that mom was alive, dad would come over and see her.
  — Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2022
• My mom and dad saw it and had to show me and my brother.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022
• Learn more about the best places to live for single moms and dads.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Feb. 2024
• But what if she's pulled to it just like her dear ol' dad?
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
• The problem is, this hurts my dad, which hurts me, too.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
• Vasquez’s dad had driven a truck for more than a decade to pay off the land.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
• Their dad had been in and out of their lives for most of their childhood.
  — Elinor Carucci, ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2021
• Toni is appalled by the idea - no way her dad was a racist.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• But this is a black and white issue for moms, for dads.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2018
• My dad and my two brothers had been there and done that.
  — Mike Carmin, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2017
• Owen doesn't even think his dad's record has a few more races left.
  — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2020
• Chances are, your plant mom and dad friends have used their best spots, too.
  — Liv Birdsall, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2020
• My dad and mom were always in great movies, so the movies were fun to watch.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2023
• My dad is always been a very big fan in sort of passed it on to me.
  — Dana Scott, azcentral, 29 Jan. 2020
• Mom says ‘Oh, this is too big for me and dad, all our kids are gone.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2021
• His mom held down two full-time jobs, his dad stayed home.
  — Nicole Cliffe, SELF, 26 June 2019
• Her mom stayed with her for half the week, her dad the other half.
  — Daniela Porat, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2020
• Nobody wants to look like a child out for a bike ride with their mom and dad.
  — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• On the last page, Rash’s son is a grown man, and sits next to his dad, who is bald with a gray beard.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• Twelve years of being on his own was a very long time for my dad.
  — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2018
• My heart breaks for his young son, his brother and his mom and dad.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2023
• And when things get tough, Mitchell can always turn to his dad, too.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
• After the meal, my dad packaged it up and took it home with them.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• My dad is still in bed dozing; my mum is nowhere to be seen.
  — Mark O’Connell, The Economist, 27 Aug. 2020
• His dad played ball for me and now his kid will be playing ball for me.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2019
• My dad and two older brothers were on one side of the world.
  — CNN, 30 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 29 Apr 2024