How to Use half brother in a Sentence

half brother

noun
  • George is my half brother.
  • No, our half brother’s been out all year with a sore throat.
    Teddy Wayne, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Her half brother, Beat Schmitz, said the cause was cancer.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The cause was lung cancer, said her half brother O. Burtch Drake.
    Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Over the years, these girls have been joined in our home by their younger sister and younger half brother.
    Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • My half brother who lives with him works at a restaurant, so that’s like a high-risk job.
    Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 1 Mar. 2021
  • His 21-year-old half brother and his closest childhood friend drove through the night to be there to hug him.
    New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • Her ne’er-do-well half brother, Paul, also craves a fresh start.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2020
  • As the oldest child, Braiden grew up taking care of a half sister and half brother.
    Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
  • By his teens, Brian had two half sisters and a half brother.
    Chris Ballard, SI.com, 2 May 2018
  • She is survived by her father and a half brother, Joseph Gabriel.
    New York Times, 12 July 2019
  • Gayoom is now an ally of the pro-Nasheed coalition and was jailed by his half brother.
    Bharatha Mallawarachi, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
  • The cause was cancer, said his half brother, Michael Scruggs.
    Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The episode all but confirms that the Monarch and Doc are related, implied here to be half brothers.
    Mat Olson, Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • As a result, she was cut out of his will and everything will go to her 27-year-old half brother.
    Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 19 July 2018
  • Conor Philbin, Grange’s half brother, was a two-sport standout at Naperville Central.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Then there is Tracy Dooley, the ex-wife of the half brother (which makes her Meghan’s former sister-in-law).
    Sarah Lyall, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
  • Police found Brian Cornelius and Fessler's 14-year-old half brother shot dead at the house.
    Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The man in question is Bernard Garrett Jr., whom the accuser says is her half brother.
    Matt Donnelly, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Priscilla will serve as trustee for her son, Navarone Garibaldi, who is Lisa Marie's half brother.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • His 83-year-old half brother, Sheikh Nawaf Ahmed al-Sabah, assumed the throne and named his heir apparent.
    Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Kim, after all, is accused by the U.S. of ordering the murder of his half brother with a nerve agent last year.
    Washington Post, 15 June 2018
  • Roy Bryant was married to Carolyn Bryant, and Milam was his half brother.
    Emily Wagster Pettus, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Pressley, who will do the bulk of the ground work, is the half brother of former Saints great Elijah Preston, one of the section’s top all-time rushers.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The test revealed that Hellquist, her half brother, and the doctor’s daughter were all siblings.
    Sarah Treleaven, ELLE, 27 July 2022
  • The Spartan prince Dorieus left his homeland in a rage after his half brother, Cleomenes, ascended the throne.
    Evan Allgood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
  • In the epilogue, Mofe’s feckless father attempts to saddle him with the care of Blessing, a much younger half brother.
    Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The book opens with a riveting account of the life sentence handed down in 1997 to Warnock’s older half brother.
    Tammy Joyner, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
  • He was last seen by his half brother in Nevada in 1998, according to officials.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
  • Mala says that some conversations with her half brother ended with a request for money.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 31 May 2024

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