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 disease is a cousin of smallpox, so antiviral drugs developed to treat smallpox may be used.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022
• The cousin argued the decision was unfair since the OP already knew her friends through her.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
• There was also a special cameo from their cousin, Zara Tindall, in a silly selfie!
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
• His artist and cousin Baby Keem is expected to be releasing a new album.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2024
• This lurid language is a cousin to the theological zealotry that inspires radicals to lash out against writers.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
• The two first started talking in his grandmother's basement during his cousin's birthday party.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 18 Aug. 2022
• Caleb Fred of Westport, Conn., couldn't agree with his cousin on how to decorate their Christmas tree one year.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Nov. 2024
• Similar to their cousin, the puffer fish, the porcupinefish is covered in strong spines and has the ability to swallow up water to puff up its body into an orb when threatened.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
• After finding a match to a distant cousin, the researchers constructed a family tree of some 4,000 people.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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 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

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024