How to Use founding father in a Sentence

founding father

noun
  • Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism.
  • The same ideals were known to and shared by our founding fathers.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2018
  • The founding fathers did not live and die to see this moment.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
  • Berry is often hailed as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.
    — Holly Alvarado, Orange County Register, 27 June 2024
  • This is what the founding fathers envisioned all those years ago.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Both now hold places of honor among slave-holding founding fathers.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2018
  • That’s the way the founding fathers intended it.
    — Mark Waller, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • No one knows for sure when ice cream made its way to the US, but at least a few founding fathers were fans.
    — Maddie Burakoff and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 21 July 2019
  • If this is a new normal, Drake will be remembered as one of its founding fathers.
    — Alex Swhear, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
  • George Stepanof wasn’t the founding father of beach volleyball.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Arizona's founding fathers felt strongly that voters should have the right to make laws at the ballot box.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • From vintage cars to founding fathers, there’s plenty to do in Philly this weekend.
    — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 14 June 2018
  • But his vision is a far cry from the ideas of the modern country’s founding fathers, analysts say.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • That was partially the case, but there was another reason the founding father chose to step aside.
    — Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • He can be said to be among the founding fathers of Silicon Valley.
    — Jackie Nemeth, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Congress wants to be read in, and Congress has our rules and procedures that our founding fathers set up.
    — CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • The epicenter of it all is the manor, home to the town's founding father, John, and his wife, Ruth.
    — Kim Hudson, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Kleinrock, 89, is one of the founding fathers of the internet.
    — Lauren Peace, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • That’s when Orlando City should pay tribute to one of its founding fathers.
    — Mike Bianchi, Pro Soccer USA, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Or maybe the real problem is that the very notion of a handout goes against the principles our founding fathers loved to mansplain.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 June 2026
  • To this day, no Turkish citizen is allowed to bear the last name of the country’s founding father.
    — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Each table was strewn in gold and navy and named for an American founding father, with students assigned seats.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Kenyatta, the 55-year-old son of Kenya's founding father, has already served one five-year term.
    — Joe Sterling, CNN, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Their actions weren’t legal under British law, and not all of the founding fathers supported the protest.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • No, January 6 was a day our founding fathers would have been standing shoulder to shoulder with us.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Read more on the House's founding father, Archie Burnett, and then shop the collection here.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 21 May 2021
  • The need for speed goes back to founding father Henry at the 1901 Sweepstakes.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 July 2021
  • Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founding father of France’s modern far right, died at 96.
    — The Staff Of The Morning, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Domino, a son and (nearly) lifelong resident of the 9th Ward, was a founding father of rock ‘n’ roll.
    — Keith Spera, NOLA.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The family traces its ancestry back to the founding fathers of the United States.
    — Greg Garrison, AL.com, 25 Feb. 2018

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