How to Use immediate family in a Sentence

immediate family

noun

• My sister, who is five years younger than me, is the first in my immediate family to live alone.
  — Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2023
• Dear Amy: My older brother and I are the last ones left of our immediate family.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 30 June 2023
• The 50-year-old had no immediate family left in the enclave, Issa said.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• Many have lost most, if not all, of their immediate family.
  — Yaqoob Akbary Victor J. Blue, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• My mother was there, her mother was there, the kids were there, our immediate family was there.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
• Farkas and his brother were the only members of his immediate family to survive the camps.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
• Of the current staff of 50, 15 of them are immediate family members.
  — cleveland, 29 July 2023
• At the time of the actress' death, she was surrounded by Hamel, her son Bruce and other members of her immediate family.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
• The government said the program would be for the immediate family members of Haitian and Cuban immigrants in the United States.
  — Julie Watson, ajc, 10 May 2023
• The fifth-in-line to the throne did not see his immediate family before flying out to Germany for the start of his Invictus Games in Dusseldorf.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• The reasons stated in the order included that Ballot can meet the needs of Chanel Rustad, has a safe home for her and is her immediate family.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Fares Al-Ghoul fled to Egypt with his immediate family, his mother, his sister and her daughters.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• Beyond his immediate family, his work impacted the lives and careers of many girls around the region.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
• His immediate family — both parents, three brothers and a sister — were not so lucky.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• Princess Kate is not the only member of Prince William’s immediate family to be diagnosed with cancer.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
• According to the Review-Journal, Dea was an only child and did not have any immediate family.
  — Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• My sister and her new husband just sent an email to our immediate family, more or less berating us for not giving them more — or larger — gifts.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
• Stephens and his immediate family are believed to own nearly all the company.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• According to the district website, student absences are only excused if the student is ill or if there’s a death in the immediate family.
  — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Faith Pinho: And so, very, very slowly, over the course of years, Gina started rebuilding a bridge with her immediate family members.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• In fact, several of his immediate family members have already appeared in promo pics for the show.
  — Women's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
• The flag had a blue star for every immediate family member serving in the armed forces during a period of war or hostility.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2023
• With no one from Joi’s immediate family alive to advocate for her, Charlotte has taken it upon herself to push for justice.
  — Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
• While his immediate family has so far escaped the bombardment, his cousin, along with his wife and two children, were killed in one of the safe zones Netanyahu had called for people in Gaza to move to repeatedly, Malfouh said.
  — Marc Smith, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Outside of his immediate family, Zion is a little brother to his father’s two children with Geraldine Khawly.
  — Blake Bakkila, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• McBride, who also has a sister on the force, became the third member of her immediate family to shoot someone in the line of duty, according to previous reporting.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• According to you, your cousin has been excluded since childhood and is now completely cut off from her immediate family.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2023
• His immediate family, reached at home in Yuma, declined to comment.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• Along with her immediate family, the families of her cousin and two uncles are also sheltering at her grandparents' home.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• Whether that be a trip to visit family, taking the weekends off or going somewhere fun your immediate family enjoys.
  — Matthew Campbell, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024