daughter
noun
a female child or person in relation to her parents.
daughters
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pluralof daughter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thatcher’s warbly voice hangs in the air; tales of the Leatherman and lost daughters spinning around your brain as you try to fall asleep.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Now 60, I have outlived my mother, and I’m also surrounded by young people — my two daughters and my students — just as my parents were on their long-distance adventures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
But it’s precisely that experience, and that of my wife, who was an actual world-class athlete, that helps me resist the temptation to go the path of data overload with our two daughters.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The trip—like others they’ve treated their grandkids to—was nicer than the ones the Lenzas could take their three daughters on when they were growing up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Next, the baby nurse he’d hired back in 2003 to take care of his new twin daughters phoned him.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
