How to Use brother-in-law in a Sentence

brother-in-law

noun
  • Sproul looked down at his brother-in-law sprawled on the ground.
    oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Ford’s brother-in-law also stayed with him in the flat.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Her brother-in-law Tyler Page played there for four years.
    Sid Evans, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
  • My brother-in-law and his wife adopted a dog a year ago.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The victim told the stranger to leave him alone, and the assailant knocked him to the ground and beat him, the brother-in-law told the news station.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
  • Instead of running to the shelter, my brother-in-law rushed to the front door.
    Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
  • My brother-in-law, his wife and their two sons, ages 4 and 2, are upstairs.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • So your brother-in-law has the hots for you, and your husband is in denial.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
  • My sister, brother-in-law and 1-year-old niece moved back to Texas this year!
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Her husband was in left field; her brother-in-law was also on the team.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Her husband was in left field, her brother-in-law was also on the team.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • So Witt grew up tagging along to his big-league brother-in-law’s games.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
  • Tanya has cut her off as well and has never met her brother-in-law or nephew.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • My brother-in-law’s car, about fifty metres away, is on fire.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Fredrika ended up dating the brother-in-law for the next five years.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • So do her father-in-law, her brother and her brother-in-law.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The second one was in Las Vegas in 2017, survived by her brother-in-law’s niece.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The man, who was with his son and brother-in-law, regained consciousness.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The brothers and the brother-in-law were out knocking on doors, giving out flyers.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 22 July 2023
  • Ortiz, along with his mother, sister and brother-in-law, run the truck on the back patio of the taproom.
    Deanna Taylor, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Her sister and brother-in-law were the first members of the family to be taken away.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • And his brother-in-law’s house, which is attached to his own, was not vandalized.
    Krutika Pathi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Her death was confirmed by William Burgan, her brother-in-law.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Michael Hirt, the brother-in-law of the Rosenthals, challenged Bowers to make eye contact and paused for about 30 seconds.
    Sabrina Souza, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
  • His brother-in-law, a pilot, was killed in action during the fighting early in the war.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • One of the friends, Jen McCabe, invited them to go to a party at her brother-in-law’s house after the bar closed.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • A long story about fiber optics, and the guy gets the yes, but before the check clears, somebody’s brother-in-law falls off a cliff and the sheiks in Dubai change their minds.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Lang’s brother-in-law, Jon Peterson, served as the company’s sign painter and would create the menus at the drive-throughs.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Prior to that, Kelce told her brother-in-law about her plans to add a feline companion to the family.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Cardona was the brother-in-law of the town mayor and the couple were staying at the mayor’s residence, the prosecutor’s spokeswoman said.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024

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