How to Use stepmother in a Sentence

stepmother

noun
  • In court, her stepmother was asked about him.
    — CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • What about with her stepmother?
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Her mother may see and keep them and so can my son’s stepmother.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Her mother may see and keep them, and so can my son’s stepmother.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Stutzman is a mom to three children and a stepmother to three more.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The then-adolescent girl and her new stepmother forged a close bond.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Now, her stepmother and aunt are charged in connection to her death.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 16 July 2021
  • They were both laid to rest alongside their father and stepmother.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 31 July 2021
  • By the end of the school day, the little girl’s stepmother was in handcuffs.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Open your heart to your husband’s daughter; there is no need to be the wicked stepmother.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 22 May 2022
  • His father, stepmother and mother still live in the area.
    — Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Her stepmother was able to break open and widen a small hole, and pull her father out of the building.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • With my father, my stepmother and my two teenage half-siblings, who were at high-school at the time.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The nasty stepmother and her daughter are sent off to the laundry room to do heavy labor.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Strand had been staying with her father and stepmother at the time of her alleged killing.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The stepmother is a fine person and is loved by my grandchildren.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The teen also shared that her stepmother is nothing like her mother.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • There was the trip my father and stepmother took to Hawaii with one of my younger sisters.
    — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Julie Andrews is a mother of three and stepmother of two.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 June 2026
  • His father was distant and chilly, and then later, there was the evil stepmother.
    — Richard Stengel, Time, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The boy's stepmother, Letecia Stauch, is charged in his death.
    — Fox News, 21 Mar. 2020
  • When my dad passed away three years ago, my stepmother gave me his last bottle of Old Spice.
    — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • Our stepmother gave up her share of the partnership in order not to have to deal with our brother.
    — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The best part was my stepmother’s family.
    — Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Early on, Marvin had to coax him to eat the dinners that his stepmother cooked.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2021
  • Kellogg has moved to New York and lives with her father and stepmother.
    — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
  • When questioned, the boy's stepmother denied being aware that the boy was being kept in the van.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The youngest daughter is most attached to her new stepmother, but the others are getting there.
    — Amy Dickinson, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • The youngest daughter is most attached to her new stepmother, but the others are getting there.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • After her father’s death, Sophie is forced to work as a maid by an evil stepmother.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 Jan. 2026

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