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
  • 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
  • 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
  • He and his plans would be doomed, however, if Edward was succeeded by his half sister, the staunchly Catholic Mary Tudor.
    Michael Farquhar, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • The grieving girl moved in with her newlywed half sister, Elizabeth.
    Marjoleine Kars, Washington Post, 25 July 2019

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