How to Use foster parent in a Sentence

foster parent

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  • An 88-year-old Maryland grandmother has been honored for serving as a loving foster parent to more than 40 children for decades.
    — Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • The Mayes are believed to have been his foster parents since May 2023.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Grape has been living with foster parents Cailee and Jack, who took him to the Santa event.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • His foster parents are willing to make an eight-hour drive to get him to a new, loving home.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Mildred, with big brown eyes and long brown hair, at church with her foster parents.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • But the agency did say that Smith first became a licensed foster parent in 2005.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
  • And in this quiet girl, her foster parents find something, too: a kind of healing.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The Tillers started the process of becoming foster parents 30 years ago when their children were small.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • IndyStar is not naming the foster parent at this time and no one has been accused of abuse or any crime.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2024
  • Unaware that his foster parents weren't his birth parents, Oedipus ran away from home to Thebes to avoid this tragedy.
    — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 12 May 2023
  • Deena McMahon was brought on as an expert witness for the foster parent.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Carter, the owner of a Cincinnati hair salon, became a foster parent to three brothers in 2018.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Johnny Cash drawled from a stereo speaker as prospective owners and foster parents drifted in and out of the building.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Over a decade as foster parents, Heather and Evan Rosenberg helped raise 17 children who had been taken into state care.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • Amos, for a time, frequently texted the foster parents to ask how Eden was feeling and discuss the upcoming adoption.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Within 24 hours, Sabey’s parents were allowed to act as foster parents.
    — Steve Leblanc, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
  • Three of those people have already applied to become foster parents, said Mustafa.
    — Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • When Allie, who is on the run after fighting back against her abusive foster parents, shows up to the convent, the two women’s lives are changed forever.
    — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • While there, Kate met with adoptive and foster parents and discussed how nurturing a child—and being nurtured as a child—can impact one’s life.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023
  • However, after the family moved and Robin started a new job, the couple decided the time was not right to be foster parents.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The only thing that has risen is the percentage of licensed foster care beds that are provided by foster parents instead of group homes.
    — Kathryn Hurd, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • Nova and the puppies are currently living in a foster home—the foster parents caring for the canine group plan to adopt Nova once the puppies are weaned.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Reid and a younger brother eventually went to live with foster parents, who adopted them and took them to Oklahoma.
    — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The shelter also is seeking a foster parent to help Santana get better before he is put up for adoption.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The lawsuit contends both the foster parent and state social services were negligent.
    — Samantha Latson, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Licensed foster parents and group homes also have the right to reject any foster child before or after their arrival.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, the pigeon parents exit the balcony without a trace, but the young cuckoo returns, as if searching for his foster parents or his home.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But unlike the Tillers’ experience, the process of becoming foster parents can be tedious and rough for others.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Afterwards Kate met with some adoptive and foster parents.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 26 May 2023
  • The teenager and her foster parent declined interviews for this story.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024

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