How to Use in-law in a Sentence

in-law

noun

• All of this, over the prospect of some in-law apartments?
  — Molly Osberg, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Miller said his family, not his in-laws, should take care of the children.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• The trouble is that my in-laws have no respect for our household rules.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Serve the corn with butter and salt, or enjoy it as my in-laws do—with nothing at all!
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
• There's a main house, an in-law house, a manager's house, a bunk house and three others.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
• The English actor was concerned with what his in-laws would say.
  — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• Her in-laws, visiting from out of state, hiked in with her husband to meet her.
  — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Could there be something more to Francesca’s reaction to her new in-law?
  — Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• The way to be a good in-law is the same way to be a good person: to be patient, welcoming, friendly and kind.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Peter Nicolas, an endowed chair-in-law at the University of Washington, is at a bit of a loss.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025