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Example Sentences
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He always thought his long-term financial security would come from owning a home as his parents did.
Van Rootselaar was the name of her biological father, a man she barely knew after a difficult split between her parents.
Spaghetti is the kind of dish you’d be extra cautious of eating when wearing all white — or the kind of dish that parents may think twice about before giving it to their little kiddies.
From Salon
The 25-year-old Braathen was born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, but spent time in South America as a child after his parents separated.
From Barron's
The tension between adult children and their aging parents is nothing new.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
