Sentence examples for becomes like a third from inspiring English sources

She once read of research suggesting that the ideal age gap for developing a child's intelligence is 11 years as the older child becomes like a third parent.

When a child is born into a strained marriage, for instance, that child becomes like a third party, naturally absorbing some of the stress from the parents' relationship and lessening the intensity of the issue between them.

If you're the father of pre-teen girls, it becomes like a second home.

In everyone else's view, Lovey was lucky to have got out before her older husband became like a third aging parent, before the inevitable illness and decline.

"Arsenal became like a second family.

It's become like a second home to me.

"This has become like a second Chinatown," Mr. Lee said.

Judy became like a second mom to him, the fire chief like a father.

He and his family became like a second family to me.

"My mother and father were divorced, so he became like a second father to me.

The hunt soon became like a second job, said Ms. Krause, who works for CarrotNewYork, an education marketing company.