Father-in-law

//ˈfɑːðəɹɪnˌlɔː//

"Father-in-law" in a Sentence (11 examples)

My wife's father is my father-in-law.

Tom is Mary's father-in-law.

My wife's father is my father-in-law, I am his son-in-law, and my father is my wife's father-in-law.

My father-in-law is a lawyer.

My father-in-law is an engineer.

When Tom married Soraya, her father fell in love with and married Tom's daughter; so Tom's daughter's husband is Tom's father-in-law; and Tom now claims he's his own grandfather.

He's my husband's dad. He's my father-in-law.

I want to get to know my father-in-law better.

Tom doesn't get along with his father-in-law.

My father-in-law is sitting.

`Yes,` replied Snawley. `The fact is, I am not their father, Mr Squeers. I'm only their father-in-law.`

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