How to Use brother in a Sentence

brother

noun
  • We must support our brothers and sisters fighting overseas.
  • That was until earlier this year when the brothers decided to sell.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The tennis star felt like her brother's design fit perfectly with her approach on the tennis court.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
  • His older brother produced that segment and many more for GMA.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But when workers finally recovered her brother’s body, his legs were broken.
    Joyce Koh, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
  • She was raised by her grandmother, lost a sister to a drug overdose and has a brother who is serving time in prison for robbery and other charges.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The opening marks a homecoming moment for the brand, which was founded by Heaton and his brother Mike in Manchester 13 years ago.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Versace took creative control of her brother’s namesake luxury brand following his murder in 1997.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023
  • His 6-6 sophomore brother Luka Momcilovic averages 8.7 points per game.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Roy Bryant and his brother were acquitted of murder in 1955 by an all-white jury, only to admit to the killing later to Look magazine.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Yes, the Cougars and Beavers just beat the rest of their Pac-12 brethren in court.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Her 2017 film, To the Bone, starred her brother and Lily Collins.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Aly Miller’s brother, Zach, was the point guard on that 2011 team.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • Tate and his brother were denied bail for a third time on Wednesday (March 15), remaining in Romanian prison while awaiting formal charges.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2023
  • That’s when Bell met him and his brothers, Frank and Lee.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • In the brothers’ view, the Hamas attack was inevitable.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The young man who killed her brother had just been released from jail.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 May 2023
  • In the photo, three brothers, guns in hand, stand in front of their parents, ready to protect the place.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
  • His younger brother and the 27-year-old driver of the Nissan were injured.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But then, in flashback, Madden plays the much nicer Leo, who was the first of the two brothers to fall for Penelope.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024
  • All eight of his brothers have had the disease, and two of them, as well as his father, have died from it.
    Robin Cole, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • He cannot be tamed and leaves his brother’s widow and his home behind.
    Sara C. Hahn, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
  • And then my brother died before my mom, who died about a month later.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Among the members of the brand’s team buzzing around the store was his older brother, Steele, who quit his job as a lawyer to co-found Tsu Lange Yor.
    André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • His four-year-old brother shouts it daily around 3:00 a.m.
    CBS News, 14 May 2023
  • All reminders of that day, one year ago, when Yarl was shot while trying to pick up his brothers.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2024
  • In 2008, her birth mother and brother came to stay with her and her husband and two kids in their small apartment.
    Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Among them is Juan, the youngest of three brothers deeply involved in this dangerous trade.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Carrick’s older brother, Sam, was a three-year captain of the Gulls who’s now entrenched with the Ducks.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023

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