How to Use cousin in a Sentence

cousin

noun

• The cricket is a cousin of the grasshopper.
• Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant cousin no one had heard from in years.
• The rapper was groomed and abused by his cousin between the ages of 9-16.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Oct. 2024
• And, the man who prefers to be known as just ‘Ran,’ is a cousin to actors Ralph and Joseph.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2022
• And when Emem’s cousin tried to speak some truth into him?
  — Jasmine Secrest, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
• How many of your bills are in your little cousin's name?
  — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2022
• Bailey, reeling from a rough breakup, was willed out of the house by her cousin to the event.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 July 2022
• Je’Shawn, his cousin and another friend rode in the back seat.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
• One of my cousins listened for a while and then bummed a twenty spot.
  — Sterling Holywhitemountain, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2023
• The virus originated in Africa and is the cousin of the smallpox virus.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
• But the tonkotsu, a close cousin to Hakata-style ramen, is the one to know.
  — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2022
• Get the Recipe 05 Lasagna Soup Just like its casserole cousin, this soup will feed a crowd.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2023
• The man said the gun must belong to his cousin, who recently drove the truck.
  — cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
• The cousin walked away from the edge and glanced back but did not see Edgar Garay, Carlos Garay told the station.
  — Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2023
• There, the two sat for more than five hours before Chloe's cousin rescued the teen and her dog with the help of a kayak.
  — Caroll Alvarado, CNN, 29 July 2022
• The very nature of a closed loop, private club runs the risk of sleeping with your cousin.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• The two cousins avoid each other and do not appear to be speaking.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• Bateman played Scott's cousin, Todd Howard, in the follow-up 1987 film.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• Christopher Atkins, who played her cousin-turned-lover, was 18.
  — Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
• However, Claudia managed to come up with a Plan B and the cousin saved the day.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The one cousin not invited happens to be one of my sons.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 31 July 2022
• The Safis moved to Houston with the help of a cousin who worked for a refugee resettlement group.
  — Kartikay Mehrotra, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2022
• On the show, Jen says her father-in-law, David Affleck, is the cousin of the famous brothers.
  — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
• The two other survivors in my group of seven were my two cousins.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
• For some, like my cousin and his wife, that shift feels slightly jarring.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2022
• So, my mom is from Little Rock, and my cousins are all from Dallas.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Nov. 2023
• Another cousin lost a hand in a blast and couldn’t get care at the hospital.
  — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• Watching from the stands were his parents, brothers, cousins, and agents.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• The Sun reported the two are cousins who are friends on social media.
  — Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
• When Maria was 2 years old, her mother died, and her father left her in the care of a strict elderly cousin.
  — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025