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daughter-in-law

[ US /ˈdɔtɝɪnˌɫɔ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the wife of your son

How To Use daughter-in-law In A Sentence

  • She admires her own daughter-in-law for opting not to work, and is optimistic that more women may follow Dr Laura's lead.
  • Russell, best known as the buxom star of 1940s and 1950s movie, died of respiratory problems at her home in Santa Maria, central California, according to Etta Waterfield, her daughter-in-law. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • And then the old lady gathers up her work and sails majestically from the room, followed by her weak, trembling daughter-in-law, bent on reconciliation, on cajolement, on laying herself down for her own sins, and her sister's as well, before the avenging genius of her life. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
  • A 'cornstalk' daughter-in-law was the last thing the Honourable Frederick wanted.
  • Frail but articulate, she lives in a comfortable Beijing flat with her husband, now 94, their son and daughter-in-law.
  • Patients had brought in many boxes of sweets and biscuits as Christmas gifts for the staff, and my daughter-in-law was horrified to be told by one of the administrative staff that these gifts were only for the full-timers.
  • Perhaps her former daughter-in-law should give them a go. Times, Sunday Times
  • The brothers ' proud parents, Geoff and Sue Finch, of Clacton, have told how they were inundated with goodwill messages while their sons and daughter-in-law were away.
  • She laughed triumphantly and leaned closer to her daughter-in-law as if to confide a secret.
  • Here was a woman who had been robbed of her son, daughter-in-law and five grandchildren all in one day. Times, Sunday Times
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