SON in a Sentence

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374 example sentences for SON, such as:

1. There ,my son, is love.
2. Her son, Jerome, was born in September.
3. I wish my son would show more initiative.
4. He's grieving over his dead wife and son.
5. He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.

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 Meanings and Examples of SON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
son
 n.  a male child or person in relation to his parents
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
3  In other words, the father's injunction, "Guard and save every kopeck," had become a hard and fast rule of the son's.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
4  The other of the pair was a fellow named Mofi Kifovitch, and son to the first named.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
6  Yet that son could tackle nothing without some accident occurring.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
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.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  Nikolai Petrovitch seemed far more excited than his son; he seemed a little confused, a little timid.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  'I have had a lot of bother with the peasants this year,' pursued Nikolai Petrovitch, turning to his son.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
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.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  His son's return had agitated Nikolai Petrovitch.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
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.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  Nikolai Petrovitch in confusion looked at his son.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
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.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
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.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (164 in 11 pages)
16  Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat.
17  My son's always getting into trouble with the police.
18  Upon his retirement, the business devolved on his son.
19  Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.
20  He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.
21  My son is my son till he hath got him a wife; but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
22  He's grieving over his dead wife and son.
23  I wish my son would show more initiative.
24  He was denied his dying wish to be reconciled with his son.
25  Somehow the small but formidable woman fought her way through the crowd to reach her son.
26  She was nearly demented with worry when her son didn't come home.
27  He publicly reproached his son for his behavior.
28  He refused to believe his son was involved in drugs.
29  There ,my son, is love.
30  Her son, Jerome, was born in September.