How to Use stepfather in a Sentence

stepfather

noun
  • The stepfather of the teen searched for the teen and wound up at the school.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The stepfather called 911 and went to the scene himself.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The weapon was stored in Black’s stepfather’s house in Kenosha.
    — Mark Guarino, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • His stepfather, Isaquiel Tavares, awoke to the screams.
    — Jiselle Lee, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • His stepfather went upstairs and asked him for the gun.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But his stepfather owns the building and wants to evict him.
    — Sarah Wendell, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The mother takes the children to visit a friend of the stepfather’s named Xavier.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • In the meantime, it was stored at Black's stepfather's house in Kenosha.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Zebbie wants to be the father to his boys that his stepfather was to him.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 14 Oct. 2020
  • She was raised by her stepfather, Mirek Navratil, and took his last name.
    — CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The virus killed his stepfather-to-be less than 24 hours later.
    — al, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Hoester and her husband and stepfather left their shady refuge and moved closer to the stage.
    — oregonlive, 15 July 2022
  • Jolie and Jace hugged their mom and future stepfather, all dressed for a good swim.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • His stepfather and mother had a sweat lodge next to ours.
    — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022
  • After all, her stepfather had served the club at that time, for more than three decades.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • Dunn was born a slave and set free in 1832 by his future stepfather.
    — CNN, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The mother and stepfather were charged with child abuse and other crimes and sentenced to prison, the bill said.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The stepfather of the other girl was also looking for his daughter and went to the school.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Nichols worked the second shift at FedEx with his stepfather.
    — CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Matt had taken his stepfather’s last name, and was afraid to tell his dad.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The second girl was given a ride to her stepfather’s home in the village.
    — cleveland, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The stepfather, concerned the unrest might reach their home, had taken all the guns to the basement.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
  • At this point in the road, my stepfather and I have agreed: Just keep her comfortable.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2020
  • Her stepfather, Rob, was going to… Brady: That failed, that one, didn’t it.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 July 2024
  • So on the week of Halloween, Riley trekked to South Bend with his stepfather.
    — Carter Karels, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The topic was inspired by the loss of her stepfather, Sam, who died of cancer in 2018.
    — Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Their mother and stepfather did the craft services, aka the food and beverages for the cast and crew.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2020
  • There was the time when her mother and stepfather argued and threw Chinese food out of the window of the car.
    — Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Dear Readers: Happy Father’s Day to fathers everywhere — birth fathers, stepfathers, adoptive and foster fathers, grandfathers and all of you caring men who mentor children and fill the role of absent dads.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
  • His father was a Genovese gangster murdered by the Colombo crime family in retaliation for committing two slayings — a story people told Pappa as a child — and his stepfather was locked up for drug and tax evasion charges.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 June 2025

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