How to Use dad in a Sentence

dad

noun
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  • Her mom and dad both said she can't go.
  • My mom and dad saw it and had to show me and my brother.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022
  • While dad cuts his way through bad guys, the son is along for the ride.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Schama says that his dad planned to make a trip to Brighton.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The part about her dad is made up, too; but the rest is true.
    — Katherine Jones, idahostatesman, 26 May 2018
  • In the last year that mom was alive, dad would come over and see her.
    — Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2022
  • My dad and my two brothers had been there and done that.
    — Mike Carmin, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2017
  • Their dad had been in and out of their lives for most of their childhood.
    — Elinor Carucci, ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2021
  • My dad is always been a very big fan in sort of passed it on to me.
    — Dana Scott, azcentral, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Toni is appalled by the idea - no way her dad was a racist.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • But this is a black and white issue for moms, for dads.
    — Fox News, 25 June 2018
  • Vasquez’s dad had driven a truck for more than a decade to pay off the land.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
  • Twelve years of being on his own was a very long time for my dad.
    — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2018
  • But what if she's pulled to it just like her dear ol' dad?
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Nobody wants to look like a child out for a bike ride with their mom and dad.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • My dad and two older brothers were on one side of the world.
    — CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • His dad played ball for me and now his kid will be playing ball for me.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2019
  • My dad and mom were always in great movies, so the movies were fun to watch.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Her mom stayed with her for half the week, her dad the other half.
    — Daniela Porat, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Dear old dad might have come through for her after all.
    — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • My number one goal was to prove my dad was not at fault or drunk.
    — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 20 Apr. 2018
  • My dad is the only close contact who sends me green texts.
    — Byalexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • My dad is still in bed dozing; my mum is nowhere to be seen.
    — Mark O’Connell, The Economist, 27 Aug. 2020
  • My heart breaks for his young son, his brother and his mom and dad.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Owen doesn't even think his dad's record has a few more races left.
    — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Chances are, your plant mom and dad friends have used their best spots, too.
    — Liv Birdsall, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2020
  • His mom held down two full-time jobs, his dad stayed home.
    — Nicole Cliffe, SELF, 26 June 2019
  • My dad passed away of melanoma my senior year in college.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 14 May 2021
  • Judy is too scared to tell her dad about her new employment.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Mom says ‘Oh, this is too big for me and dad, all our kids are gone.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2021

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