Example Sentences

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Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers and father-figures across our nation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

The pick-and-mix kits—designed at the request of a large retail customer, but not yet on sale—include two father-figures, two mother-figures and an assortment of children and pets, says Brenda Sellers, the firm’s president.

From Economist • Apr. 24, 2014

The other area, a shabby bedsit, is inhabited by Andy's estranged sons, Jake and Fred, who pass their days playing fantasy games about father-figures.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2011

It is no accident that so many of Bacon's most compelling images are at root father-figures: the shrieking Pope, the dictator mouthing before the mikes, the worsted-sheathed executive with the expression of a wax shark.

From Time Magazine Archive