How to Use in-law in a Sentence

in-law

noun

• The in-laws’ wants and plans don’t have to be the default.
  — Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
• The in-law’s wants and plans don’t have to be the default.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
• All of this, over the prospect of some in-law apartments?
  — Molly Osberg, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2023
• His wife, his mom and his in-laws came out to cheer him on.
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• Moore’s in-law’s home was one of the many affected by the fires.
  — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
• Moore’s in-law’s home was one of the many affected by the fires.
  — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
• The husband flies out, and the wife waits for a visa while living with her in-laws.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 13 June 2023
• The Dinner Menu Filets, quinoa, sautéed spinach, and red wine were on the menu for supper with the in-laws.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
• My sister-in-law has lived with my in-laws for four years.
  — Dear Annie, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2023
• Haskell shared a home with his wife and in-laws in the 4100 block of Coldstream Terrace in Tarzana.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• People want to watch it with their husbands and wives and in-laws.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 18 July 2025
• My in-laws would ask me about my work, about my parents.
  — Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025
• If it’s not needed for the happy couple, maybe the in-laws?
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2025
• The power was out at my in-laws' house a few miles away in Studio City.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
• My husband and my mom and my in-laws were home for the duration of my shoot.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
• My wife was the daughter and she and her brother are the executors to the last of my in-laws to pass away.
  — Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• The beaches were stunning, the ocean was warm, my future in-laws were kind.
  — Raksha Vasudevan, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• Police found his wife and in-laws dead in different parts of the store.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
• These dinners, which used to be at the in-laws’ house, are now held at my daughter’s house.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2023
• And, if my in-laws are anything to go by, the evening repast was a light meal of soup, bread and leftovers from lunch.
  — Jamie Schler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• This is not the moment to be caught up in one-upmanship with an in-law.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Ask for a meeting with your spouse and your in-laws, or even just you and whoever runs the house.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• At the in-laws’ suggestion, my son and daughter each bring a friend on these trips.
  — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2024
• Question: My in-laws are planning to sell their Bay Area home.
  — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
• That's Becky's daughter in-law, Dana Nichols, who is married to her son, Ben.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
• That's Becky's daughter in-law, Dana Nichols, who is married to her son, Ben.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
• Every year, my family spends a week at the beach with my in-laws.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
• For the daytime outing, the future in-laws bundled up in warm clothing.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
• Manant Vaidya, of Toronto, lost his parents and sister, along with three in-laws in the crash.
  — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
• Use it as your next humble abode or transform it into a guest house, in-law suite, workshop, or office.
  — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026