How to Use first cousin in a Sentence

first cousin

noun

• The bride's father, Prince Michael of Kent, is the queen's first cousin.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 May 2019
• Robin and Tiffany were first cousins and the two youngest in the family.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 15 May 2018
• The three were joined by the Queen's first cousin, Princess Alexandra (not pictured).
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 May 2022
• One of the county’s two deaths was his father-in-law’s first cousin.
  — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2020
• But who’s gonna talk to me about the fact that Robert Moses’s grandparents were first cousins?!
  — Blythe Roberson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2024
• Laster’s grandfather was a first cousin to Bass, who died in 2009.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2018
• Lady Gabriella is the daughter of Prince Michael of Kent, who is first cousins with the queen.
  — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 May 2019
• Her mom, my first cousin, was always like a cool auntie to me.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• Lady Pamela, now 93 years old, is Prince Philip's first cousin.
  — Town & Country, 29 Nov. 2022
• Dana Brouillette, a first cousin of Laborde, was there that day.
  — Christina Carrega, CNN, 5 Jan. 2021
• Same for his first cousin, Reginald, and same for Earl’s son and grandsons.
  — Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
• Bill Coleman, John’s first cousin, was killed during the war.
  — Alex Kingsbury, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
• Grand Duke Henri and King Philippe, 64, are first cousins and share back-to-back birthdays.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
• Abbe wanted to see her mom who is my first cousin Jackie.
  — Ellyn Laub, Sun Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
• Candie Dominguez, 38, and her first cousin, Daniel Moreno Lopez, 31, who lived at the home, also are charged in the slaying.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2018
• Greco, for one, had an early look at the skillset of Lazzaro, his first cousin.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2021
• The duke is the queen’s first cousin and a full-time working member of the British royal family.
  — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
• My husband and my son (her first cousin) feel slighted.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2022
• His is a first cousin of legendary country singer Charley Pride, who passed away late last year.
  — Lici Beveridge, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2021
• My first cousins and their dad, Stanley Drescher, had clocks made all over the town where the Zaslav kids lived.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• An effort to implement cap-and-trade, its first cousin, crashed and burned in the Senate in 2009.
  — Alan S. Blinder, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2018
• But something money can't buy is 100 first cousins in LA.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
• This means that Chapman has played his own first cousin, once removed.
  — Megan Friedman, Cosmopolitan, 14 June 2016
• He and a score of first cousins spent summers there, and Rose eventually bought his own home on the lake.
  — Josh Baugh, ExpressNews.com, 13 Oct. 2019
• The genetic markers in your body are closer to those of your first cousin than your third.
  — Nicholas Thompson, Wired, 2 Nov. 2020
• The testing linked the body to a first cousin of Rodriguez, authorities said.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
• Alex Taylor, who has been a chief fundraiser for Cop City, is Chambers’ first cousin.
  — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
• Jenny Beshear Sewell is a first cousin of the former governor.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• The night Donna was attacked, Regan’s first cousin held a stag party for his friends.
  — Ruth Padawer, New York Times, 19 June 2018
• The two businesses are first cousins — all tied back to their grandparents.
  — Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024