Sentence examples for popular father from inspiring English sources

The popular Father Byrns would not be returning to active ministry.

But he was appointed to the Senate last year after his popular father, Senator John H. Chafee, died, and his name alone may lead to his election.

Her fierce biases and her rigor are the catalyst of Shanley's ripsnorting melodrama, which focusses on whether or not the popular Father Flynn (the charismatic Brían F. O'Byrne) has abused a young black student.

The opposition parties' many flaws are also an asset to Mr Hun Sen. Prince Ranariddh bears an uncanny resemblance to his widely popular father, King Norodom Sihanouk, but offers little effective leadership.

And fear must be a popular Father's Day gift, because people have been buying it and buying it and buying it.

"She's become very, very popular," her father, Benson Yang, said at the school's family night in early spring, when the children performed.

"When Nirvana first got popular, my father, who was a classically trained musician and a writer, called me and said, 'Hey, you know this isn't going to last, right?' And I said, 'Of course.

Her dad's response has become family legend: "Liddy, this is the most important day of my life, and you've ruined it!" As the Huntsman girls' tweets have become more popular, their father's campaign workers have become increasingly jittery.

The concerts are popular because Father Alphonse, who always wears his clerical collar when conducting, includes all types of music and because he is part entertainer, as well as being priest and conductor, said John Luckenbill, a trumpet player with the orchestra and personnel manager for the orchestra since it started.

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays popular priest Father Flynn, whose ideas run afoul of Sister Aloysius, played by Meryl Streep.

In 1908, a popular priest, Father Sacchi, was sent to Mother of Sorrows Church in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.