How to Use start a family in a Sentence

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  • Xander wants to get married and start a family, the site says.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 25 May 2023
  • Spencer, who is 30, wants to start a family within two years.
    EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The couple is hoping to save up to get married, buy a house and start a family.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Marcus, who's been in love before, is ready to settle down and start a family.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2024
  • Then there are those in the middle, those who want to start a family but keep putting it on hold because of the costs.
    Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The megastar and athlete haven’t revealed their plans to start a family.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Marcus has been in love before and is ready to settle down and start a family with his perfect match.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Women have the right to make their own decisions about their bodies and when and how to start a family.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Graham leaves the band, only to meet his eventual wife and start a family.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The young man had a ring and was just getting ready to ask this beautiful girl to marry him and start a family.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
  • Austin is looking for an honest, loving, fun woman to start a family with.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2024
  • Many people aspire to settle down and start a family one day, but Natasha isn’t one of them.
    Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Offscreen, Allman's busy career still left him time to start a family.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Such relief is good for the economy because folks are now able to buy a home start a business even start a family.
    USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Daniel had recently told his father the couple was planning to start a family.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Once girls in my community are married, they are forced to drop out of school to take care of the household and start a family.
    TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The conversation needs to include men and people of any gender who want to start a family.
    Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
  • The couple are still together today and don’t appear to have any plans to settle down and start a family.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 20 July 2023
  • People are deciding to have fewer children or not start a family.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Hailey Bieber can’t wait to start a family with husband Justin Bieber.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • But just when the heat is at its hottest, Annie implores Bruno to settle down and start a family with her.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Rickey convinces Glenn, who is about to start a family with his wife Rosie, to join him on the journey.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2025
  • She got married and decided to start a family, but pregnancy brought a new wave of challenges.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • But his references to wanting love or to start a family are oblique, even though the desire for them feels palpable.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Evans, though, has previously spoken about his desire to start a family.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While talking to Us Weekly in May, the pair opened up about wanting to start a family.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
  • But age doesn’t tell you everything about a person—someone older may still be in school, and someone younger might want to start a family.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Docter described how the goal was to start a family friendly franchise that was accessible to both kids and adults.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The two developed a special closeness and agreed to start a family together.
    Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • For Derulo, the relationship came at the perfect time for his desire to start a family.
    Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024

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