How to Use half sister in a Sentence

half sister

noun

• Emily is my half sister.
• While the case advanced in court, Jackie gave birth last June to Zachary’s half sister.
  — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 5 June 2019
• As the oldest child, Braiden grew up taking care of a half sister and half brother.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
• He is survived by his half sister, Tita Junker, and a nephew.
  — Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 31 May 2021
• By his teens, Brian had two half sisters and a half brother.
  — Chris Ballard, SI.com, 2 May 2018
• But the appearance of a half sister may threaten it all.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
• My other half sister, Bonnie, was the one who persuaded me to take the test.
  — Daniel Loedel, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2021
• The duchess’ father and half sister also spoke out after the interview — and didn’t have the nicest things to say about it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2021
• In my final one the girl finds out that the master’s daughter who she’s been enslaved to is her half sister.
  — Maria Russo, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• When his half sister Lisa Donato was born, Cody, then 7, helped take care of her.
  — Thomas Curwen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
• Five of the couple’s friends, as well as her half sister and his brother, entered the studio and gathered to watch.
  — Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Farah, 4, loved to ride the bicycle gifted to her by an older half sister.
  — Sima Diab, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
• His half sisters had come and gone between Mexico and the United States.
  — Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2018
• The cousin put him in touch with his half sister, who then contacted their mother, Dennis said.
  — Meagan Flynn, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
• Ben never even meets Emma, Ross' daughter with Rachel and Ben's half sister.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 19 Feb. 2019
• Huber, who turned 26 four days before he was killed, grew up in a small house with his mother, his aunt, a half sister and half brother.
  — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
• His mother died not long after, placing him in the care of a half sister from his dad’s side who was nearly as old as his mother.
  — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
• The beneficiaries are now Keough and her two younger half sisters.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Survivors include his wife of 55 years, the former Marcia Elaine Felton; and two half sisters and a half brother.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
• She is survived by four children, her nine siblings, two half sisters and two half brothers.
  — Arash Azizi, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
• Lyndrea Price, another half sister, served as a costumer and helped re-create the 1990s-era outfits and styles.
  — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2022
• Broomfield’s younger half sister, Pamela Clark, had a different kind of regret.
  — Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed.
  — Robert Bumsted, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
• Mary has never forgiven him and never sees him — never even met his new wife or her half sister.
  — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 9 Mar. 2018
• At the beginning of the novel, in Groff’s imagining, Marie is a clumsy, overly tall half sister to the king, born to a 13-year-old maiden who was raped by the king’s father.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2021
• This morning, Thomas' daughter (and Meghan's half sister) Samantha claimed that staging the photos photos was her idea.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 May 2018
• The novel in part consists of Lucy’s letters to her sister (or possibly half sister) Andrea, who has long since left the convent.
  — Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
• For Clark, nearly 20 years younger than her half sister, Aunt Ruby was a name that sometimes surfaced in family talk.
  — Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• The half sisters have since seen each other several times, meeting in restaurants between their homes.
  — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 16 June 2018
• Isen brought along her two mothers, her biological father, who was a sperm donor for the couple, and nine of her half brothers and half sisters.
  — Matthew Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024