foster child

Example Sentences

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Monique Lewis has figured out a few tricks to lure her foster child to school.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

A former foster child who met his wife when he was 19, Major Haley has largely orbited her ambitions since.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Her husband said the couple had "never been without a foster child".

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

From his time as a foster child, Saka said: “I know what it’s like to feel uprooted and swept away.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023

That spring Vivian, a foster child who was slightly younger than me, moved in and slept on a cot in Mrs. Chavez’s room.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter