godfathers

present tense third-person singular of godfather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for godfathers
Verb
  • That's a big load for Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard to handle, especially with Detroit facing off this week against former defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, who coaches the New York Jets.
    — Christian Romo, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Thibault, 75, now coaches Belgium’s national team, a commitment of 14-15 weeks per year, succeeding the final Sun coach, Rachid Meziane, in that position.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When Gilla Band hit the road, their front-of-house guy drives, Fox also engineers, Kiely sells merch, and Faulkner runs tech.
    — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
  • Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Hamade, who mentors much of CentraLife’s advisor network directly, frames the company’s growth less as a sales story than an infrastructure one.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Hal, a veteran of the Green Lantern Corps, begrudgingly mentors his new replacement while unraveling an alien mystery in rural Nebraska.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Manuel Varela, who also pilots Goodie, says the drone has switchable nozzles for whatever the cleaning job calls for.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Dean Fabrizio and James Teter, each hired in 2009, have been at their Class 6A schools the longest.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Along the way, guides share insights, and tours will stay in habitats longer when the animals are active and playing together or eating.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The circuit and backup feed loss were affecting the Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, facility, in Philadelphia, which guides planes in and out of Newark and Philadelphia.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There is an encounter with Albert Einstein, of all people, who counsels her to take a stand against these racist booking policies.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • As someone who counsels and advocates for people who have been convicted of the worst crimes imaginable, Hood often faces criticism from the victims’ families.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Elsewhere, La’an escorts the one person who can save Spock via a cloned heart transplant, Sybok, Spock’s half-brother (though by all appearances his twin since he’s played by Ethan Peck).
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Once the animal gets close to the staffers, one of the employees carefully picks up the fox and escorts it out of the water and away from the ride.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
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“Godfathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godfathers. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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