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374 example sentences for SON, such as:
1. Her son was killed in battle.
2. Many a good father hath but a bad son.
3. The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
4. His son was a junkie, the kid OD'd a year ago.
5. His son's return had agitated Nikolai Petrovitch.
2. Many a good father hath but a bad son.
3. The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
4. His son was a junkie, the kid OD'd a year ago.
5. His son's return had agitated Nikolai Petrovitch.
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Meanings and Examples of SON
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son
n. the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
n. a male human offspring
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 There also arrived, in answer to the summons, not only the son of Father Cyril before mentioned, but also Father Cyril himself.
2 These injunctions given, the father embraced his son, and set forth on his return; and though the son never again beheld his parent, the latter's words and precepts sank deep into the little Chichikov's soul.
3 In other words, the father's injunction, "Guard and save every kopeck," had become a hard and fast rule of the son's.
4 The other of the pair was a fellow named Mofi Kifovitch, and son to the first named.
5 He was what we Russians call a "hero," and while his father was pondering the parturition of beasts, his, the son's, lusty, twenty-year-old temperament was violently struggling for development.
6 Yet that son could tackle nothing without some accident occurring.
7 'Never mind, never mind,' repeated Nikolai Petrovitch, smiling tenderly, and twice he struck the collar of his son's cloak and his own greatcoat with his hand.
8 Nikolai Petrovitch seemed far more excited than his son; he seemed a little confused, a little timid.
9 'I have had a lot of bother with the peasants this year,' pursued Nikolai Petrovitch, turning to his son.
10 Nikolai Petrovitch gave a sidelong glance at his son, and the carriage went on a half-a-mile further before the conversation was renewed between them.
11 His son's return had agitated Nikolai Petrovitch.
12 The father and son went out on to the terrace under the shelter of the awning; near the balustrade, on the table, among great bunches of lilacs, the samovar was already boiling.
13 Nikolai Petrovitch in confusion looked at his son.
14 Father and son were equally rejoiced at his appearance at that instant; there are positions, genuinely affecting, from which one longs to escape as soon as possible.
15 This surgeon's son was not only not overawed, he even gave abrupt and indifferent answers, and in the tone of his voice there was something churlish, almost insolent.
Example Sentence: (164 in 11 pages)
1 According to the Bible, an angel told Mary that she would have God's son Jesus.
2 Our aim is to teach our son to become an independent, self-reliant adult.
3 His son was a junkie, the kid OD'd a year ago.
4 Walking along the road, I was snowballed by my son.
5 The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
6 The father buys, the son bigs, the grandchild sells, and his son thigs.
7 Elaine and Ian Gibson proudly announce the birth of their son, John Maurice.
8 They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.
9 Her daughter is an artist and her son is on the stage.
10 Many a good father hath but a bad son.
11 Her son was killed in battle.
12 Because she had no children of her own, her friend's son became a kind of surrogate child to her.
13 She's troubled by her son's inclination toward atheism.
14 In the traditional Hindu family, the son is duty-bound to look after his mother.
15 The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.