PARENT in a Sentence
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378 example sentences for PARENT, such as:
1. You are like a third parent.
2. Caution is the parent of safety.
3. Eliza surveyed her parent calmly.
4. Industry is the parent of success.
5. Idleness is the parent of all vice.
2. Caution is the parent of safety.
3. Eliza surveyed her parent calmly.
4. Industry is the parent of success.
5. Idleness is the parent of all vice.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PARENT
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parent
n. a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
Classic Sentence: (168 in 12 pages)
1 She thanked him in the most ardent terms for his intended services towards her parent, and at the same time she gently deplored her own fate.
2 The old well-established grievance of duty against will, parent against child, was the cause of all.
3 She treated her therefore, with all the indulgent fondness of a parent towards a favourite child on the last day of its holidays.
4 So successful a watch and ward had been established over the young lady by this judicious parent, that she had grown up highly ornamental, but perfectly helpless and useless.
5 Here's Mr. Pip, aged parent," said Wemmick, "and I wish you could hear his name.
6 The Doctor's desire that Annie should be entertained, was therefore particularly acceptable to this excellent parent; who expressed unqualified approval of his discretion.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
7 I was willing to do anything to relieve Mr. James from his difficulty, and to restore harmony between himself and an affectionate parent, who has undergone so much on his account.
8 And therefore it is,' said Mrs. Micawber, 'that I the more wish, that, at a future period, we may live again on the parent soil.
9 Anything you say, replies the shortsighted parent, preparing herself to sing, The Three Little Kittens half a dozen times over, or to take her family to Buy a penny bun, regardless of wind or limb.
10 "He's a born Weller," laughed Jo, as her parent gathered himself up, and her nephew tried to stand on his head, as the only mode of expressing his satisfaction that school was over.
11 Eliza surveyed her parent calmly.
12 Bertha, like a dutiful child, copied her parent in both points.
13 As far as I can see, it will be your chief diversion hereafter; unless Linton make amends for other losses: and your provident parent appears to fancy he may.
14 And when I began to consider that, by copulating with one of the Yahoo species I had become a parent of more, it struck me with the utmost shame, confusion, and horror.
15 The guests bowed deeply to the mourning parent, and withdrew from their hospitable guide.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.
2 Idleness is the parent of all vice.
3 Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.
4 Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability.
5 The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.
6 A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.
7 Their work shows that one-year-olds are much more likely to have allergies if either parent smokes.
8 Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.
9 The proportion of single parent families varies between different income groups.
10 Industry is the parent of success.
11 Caution is the parent of safety.
12 No parent can duck out of his duty to his children.
13 You are like a third parent.
14 One assumes, a priori, that a parent would be better at dealing with problems.
15 It can be difficult to be a good parent.