How to Use nephew in a Sentence
nephew
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Her niece and nephew – six and four – drowned in the river.
— Swati Gupta, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022 -
This year my 6-month-old son and 3-month-old nephew were in the mix.
— Nathan Baird, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022 -
Ariel stood, walked over to his nephew and shook his head.
— Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024 -
The nephew reached for his own copy and began to read aloud.
— Megan Burrow and Nhung Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023 -
My niece and nephew are no longer in the custody of their father.
— Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2024 -
Todd was the nephew of Mary Todd, wife of Abraham Lincoln.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024 -
The uncle and nephew's arrests bring the number of Hoosiers charged in the Jan. 6 riot to 18.
— Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2022 -
Richards’ nephew, Lance Richards, confirmed the death in a Facebook post.
— Staff and Wire Reports, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024 -
That's my worst fear, that my little nephew comes back like that.
— Alan Cohen, NBC News, 27 July 2023 -
Jake Clemons, the late Clarence Clemons’ nephew, charged up the arena on his solos.
— Chris Jordan, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023 -
This time, the mother of five was joined by just Paige, Ladd and nephew Stuart Smith.
— Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023 -
To be with her and my dad and my brother, all of her friends, my nephews.
— Michaela Zee, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024 -
The actor was trying to help his nephew out of the snow near his home in Lake Tahoe when the Sno-Cat crushed him.
— Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023 -
Welcome to the world and to the family my little nephew.
— Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023 -
Her nephew, who was 8 years old at the time, was also in the home when police shot his aunt.
— Malaika Jabali, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022 -
Hax: How to curb a ‘growing dislike’ of nephew’s new wife?
— Michael Laris, Washington Post, 12 June 2024 -
The result is Pliny the Younger, named after the nephew the elder Pliny adopted and raised.
— Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024 -
Renner was trying to help his nephew out of the snow near his home in Lake Tahoe when the Sno-Cat crushed him at the start of the year.
— Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023 -
My teenage niece and nephew for a long time would just make fun of us by typing out their tap backs.
— Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Zlatko Vujic said his 25-year-old nephew was among those shot dead in Dubona.
— Jenny Gross, New York Times, 4 May 2023 -
The nephew did not come back and the encounter escalated.
— Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023 -
Another call came from a nephew, who had been at a rave in the desert when dozens of gunmen ringed the site.
— Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023 -
One of the chefs [the nephew of the head chef Cossu] used to work at Osteria Francescana [see No. 5].
— Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024 -
Since then, she’s been close to her young nephew, cuddling with him in photos.
— Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024 -
She’s had to learn how to explain what happened to her nieces and nephews.
— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Richard, Hercules and Willam Tindal; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
— J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2024 -
His nephew and two others were found dead on a roadside that evening.
— Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023 -
Nash was teamed with Scott Green, an entrepreneur and the nephew of Ernest.
— Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2022 -
Sagar Adani, Adani’s nephew, is also named as a defendant.
— Rob Wile, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024 -
He is survived by husband Curtis and a handful of nieces and nephews.
— Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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