How to Use son in a Sentence

son

noun
  • He is the son of a lawyer and a doctor.
  • She gave birth to a son.
  • They have two sons and a daughter.
  • Charles wants peace with his son.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026
  • The chance to work with his son.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But there was still no trace of his son.
    Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • An adult son was not home at the time.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Their son will be safe with Ian.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • My son is a junior in high school.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • My son brought a ball to the hotel.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Your son is fussing in his car seat.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • And God is what to brought our son through this.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Her younger son, 15, mowed the lawn out front.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • For sons who grew up behind the counter.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
  • Her oldest son was fifty-four now.
    Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Fawcett and O’Neal shared one son.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • Slezak says her son Michael asked her the same thing.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The son screamed and stopped the attack.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • His son withdrew from high school.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Doors opened around town for a son of that father.
    Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Much more than her shifty son, anyway.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Father and son, past and present.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Khamenei's son is a lightweight.
    Npr Staff, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Schweiger has two young sons and a baby girl on the way.
    Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Reed and Jones both have taught their young sons how to play.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Mother and son were in touch via text over the next few days.
    Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Will my son have to start all over again and start from zero?
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
  • My mother held my dead aunt’s sons—my cousins—and cried.
    Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • My son wants to enlist in the Marines.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • Stephens said the money doesn’t make up for the loss of her son.
    Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026

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