Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patresfamilias
Noun
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What father would ever allow such devastation, assuring fellow patriarchs that their lives without sons would be ruined forever?—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Perhaps, for a man who has always lived in the shadow of distant patriarchs, the only thing worse than perpetually wondering what his father really thought would be finding out for sure.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Indeed, this feels to me very much like a play a writer would write after being stuck for months in a house with teens, aching to live their lives and sometimes seeing their loving parents as captors, even as moms and dads just tried to hold their lives together.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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More of these dads abuse drugs and alcohol.—
Eric Magnuson,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Bella Ramsey takes a break from killing zombies and avenging father figures, their usual pastimes in series The Last of Us, to fool around and fall in love in Sunny Dancer, a decidedly uneven but fitfully charming, YA-skewed British comedy-drama.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Ultimately, Confidence Men is a story about the battle for Bobby’s soul between two father figures, showing the depth of loyalty that tough SOB Special Agent Russo had for this young man, who in his words was the most talented CI there ever was — better than most undercover agents.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed.—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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According to booking records, the suspects appear to be two 18-year-old men.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Patresfamilias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patresfamilias. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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