How to Use foster home in a Sentence

foster home

noun
Definition of foster homenext
  • Sh-neila Lee was once in a foster home for less than 24 hours.
    — Leah Asmelash, charlotteobserver, 12 July 2018
  • Some have been sent to foster homes in various U.S. cities.
    — Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2018
  • Because children cannot be held in federal prison, many were taken to foster homes around the U.S.
    — Lara Korte, WSJ, 4 July 2018
  • My own little brush with wandering in the desert is nothing compared to my father’s, who spent much of his own childhood in foster homes with his sister.
    — Christine M. Flowers, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • After his parents divorced, Wojnarowicz lived in foster homes and went to Catholic school.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • Many of the more than 2,000 children separated from their parents remain in shelters and foster homes.
    — Fox News, 1 July 2018
  • At 12, her mother’s parental rights were terminated and Rozyn bounced through a series of residential and foster homes.
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 28 June 2018
  • Many of the more than 2,300 children separated from their migrant parents remain at makeshift shelters and foster homes.
    — New York Times, 30 June 2018
  • The siblings have been moved at least temporarily to other foster homes as the agency investigates Maqkwone’s death, Skene said.
    — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2018
  • The lawyer then confirmed that the children — who are 6, 9 and 11 — were placed in foster homes through Cayuga, the largest of the agencies in New York.
    — Annie Correal, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2018
  • Believed to be the first children in New York to have been reunited with their parents, on Tuesday, the 4-year-old boys had been living in the same foster home.
    — Annie Correal, New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • These organizations place some of the youngest separated children in foster homes, and have spoken out against separating families.
    — Kaila White, azcentral, 29 June 2018
  • More than 2,000 children who were separated from their parents at the border have been dispatched to the far corners of the nation to care facilities and foster homes.
    — Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • The campaign’s goal is to have 50 dogs in foster homes by the end of the month.
    — Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • The Powells put the dog in a foster home for three months.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 5 Jan. 2021
  • There are just shy of 4,000 such foster homes statewide.
    — Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Amy has tried for six weeks but cannot find a home nor a foster home.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The three children have been placed in a foster home and have returned to school.
    — Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Long spent many years going in and out of foster homes.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The puppy seems to be settling in well to his foster home.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Cline, a Texas native, bounced around foster homes as a child.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The girl, who is estranged from her mother, has since been placed in a foster home.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In 2018, the boys were removed from their foster home and placed with the West family.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 June 2022
  • Moreno said the child is happy in his foster home and refers to the Bernhardts as his parents.
    — Peggy O’Hare, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Later, his father went to prison, and Hunter was placed in a foster home.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2021
  • At the last minute, the worker said, staff were able to track down an emergency foster home for the teen.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
  • Buzz is a very healthy and happy boy and thriving in his foster home.
    — The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Those who are not will be placed in a foster home to ride out the storm, the station reported.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 31 Aug. 2019
  • She’s learned to coexist with the felines in her foster home.
    — Shelter Staff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
  • After an accident brings the situation to a head, Maria is sent to live in a foster home.
    — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024

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