How to Use fraternal in a Sentence

fraternal

adjective

• There was a fraternal feeling among the troops.
• He belonged to a fraternal organization.
• The fraternal twins each had a talking point ready to go when asked for one.
  — Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022
• The Knights, the largest fraternal organization in the world, have men in both Poland and Ukraine.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 14 Mar. 2022
• Two were implanted in the wife, who gave birth to fraternal twins.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2022
• The death toll has never been determined but about 20 homes, two churches and a fraternal lodge were burned to the ground.
  — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• During the Joseon era, some believed that fraternal twins were bad luck.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• Even more remarkable, all three sets of twins are fraternal and include one boy and one girl.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2022
• Frank has two pets, Pushpaw and Pupshaw, who look like the fraternal-twin offspring of a dachshund and a footstool.
  — Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022
• That didn’t work in Evangelina’s case; not even her fraternal twin sister was a match.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
• Through the process of creation, and the deepening of their fraternal love, Hogg and Swinton grappled with their mothers’ deaths.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• The pair later became parents to fraternal twins Slater and Bronwyn in 2006.
  — Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 19 Sep. 2022
• The banter between Caro and Gottlieb at times seems fraternal.
  — Hillel Italie, ajc, 20 Dec. 2022
• But Assayas is unable to locate the poignancy in that fraternal dance.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
• Still, Hawkins and Mateen have a camaraderie on stage that makes their fraternal bond feel real.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• So Wednesday’s practice round — one last on-course tune-up before Thursday’s first round — came with a fraternal feel for those four.
  — Dallas News, 15 June 2022
• The fraternal twins join three older siblings in the Trujillo family, two girls and a boy.
  — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2022
• Members of the Knights of Columbus, a global Catholic fraternal service group, led the procession.
  — Morgan Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2022
• Sherlock, who became Enola’s legal guardian at the end of the first film, must now balance his own work with his fraternal duties.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2022
• There, Clarence runs into his twin brother, the apostle Thomas (also played by Stanfield), who rejects his plea to join the fraternal squad.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
• Morehouse is likened to a fraternal club that has produced some of America’s most leading men.
  — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• The story of an ex-surfer named Dud who finds community with a fraternal order in Long Beach feels like it’s just on the cusp of being your friend’s favorite show.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2021
• Jack, who is Holly's fraternal twin, was missing from the family fun.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2022
• The show routinely sheds light on the fraternal aspect of basketball.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
• One of the world’s oldest fraternal organizations, the Freemasons’ origins can be traced back to the Middle Ages.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2022
• Dom and Nick Pietramala, fraternal twins and standouts for the Boys’ Latin lacrosse team, took vastly different paths to their senior seasons.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2022
• Her fraternal grandfather, Dr. Mark Boucek, was involved in the world’s first baboon-to-baby heart transplant.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2022
• And then the fraternal umbilical cord was cut, with Charlotte in August releasing Caleb, who a month later signed a two-way contract with the Heat.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• Inside, the restaurant resembled a fraternal twin of its former self.
  — Jim Heintz, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2022
• Ronaldo is a father to four other children, including a pair of fraternal twins.
  — NBC News, 19 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024