patriarch

Example Sentences

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But the patriarch of the Chicago Bears, George Halas, identified Arlington Heights, Ill., as his preferred destination for a stadium in 1975.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Graham’s tweaked, sensitive patriarch is tantalizingly far from the heartbreaking dad of “Adolescence” and the gloriously oddball Riseborough makes the most of her faint-voiced mom’s severity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

And so the imperious patriarch, Whitelaw Redfellow—played by a shadowy, barely seen figure who is only toward the end revealed to be Ed Harris—casts her out of the family estate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Sir Jonathan plays Solomon Bevan, the patriarch of a farming family and the grandfather of Cefin, the eight-year old boy whose death has sent shockwaves through the town.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

I had seen those movies where the patriarch of the family is on his death bed and he calls for his estranged son so that he can make peace before he goes.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom