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Our daughter and son-in-law eventually wound up purchasing a beautiful home on the ninth green of a fabulous golf course.—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026 The holy day commemorates the martyrdom of Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, who was Muhammad’s grandson by his daughter Fāṭimah and his son-in-law ʿAlī and is revered by the Shiʿah as the third imam.—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 May 2026 His 19-year-old son-in-law is an amateur heavyweight fighter.—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 May 2026 Their deaths drag Stacy and her family — her two daughters, son-in-law and two granddaughters — to Montana.—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for son-in-law