How to Use sister in a Sentence

sister

noun
  • The sisters live in the convent.
  • On the hike up to the peak, Ruth texted a few pictures to her mom and sister of the view from the trail.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The duo hit the road to go to Mater's sister's wedding across the country.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In the end, her sister, Joya, was the only one who made it out of the forest.
    Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • That prompted me to want to look at my sister's death record.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Mom and Grandma took my sister and me out to the grass, then inside the building to wait.
    Melissa Mora Hidalgo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The younger one is embarrassed and ashamed and doesn’t want to face her sister right now.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • At the press conference, López said the young boy saved his sister’s life.
    Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Born in 1969, Roy was raised in Yuba City along with two sisters.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Her sister went to the store one day and never returned home That soon changed.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 19 Mar. 2023
  • But my parents had planned this trip to Paris with my sister and me and our husbands for May of 2020.
    Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Open it and look through it to bug your sister (my uncle) or mother (me).
    Gisele Grayson, NPR, 23 May 2024
  • The sisters from Colorado Springs, about an hour south of Denver, had been planning to live off the grid since the fall of 2021, Jara said.
    CBS News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There were two attendants for each of them — his friends and her sisters.
    Kimberly Dishongh, arkansasonline.com, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Dear Carolyn: My sister and I have teen children close in age.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2023
  • My sister wants our 85-year-old mother to move closer to her.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • Every Day podcast, Reid opened up about the close bond she's built with her TV sister.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Her sister, Dagney, 13, and her brother, Owen, 7, are also part of the choir.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
  • That means Drew must put her own life in jeopardy to save her sister before time runs out.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Tsay was with her as his father and sister FaceTimed from the United States.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Born in 1944, Françoise Hardy grew up in a Parisian flat with her mother and sister, falling in love with pop songs on the radio.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 June 2024
  • She was not embalmed, and her grave was dug by hand by her sisters, said the website of the monastic order.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 27 May 2023
  • Liev Schreiber's son is hoping for some more time with his baby sister.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Her younger sister, Dina, moved to Israel in the early 1970s.
    Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • On the other, a sister will go to any lengths to hold onto the sole vestige of the family’s heritage.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Gonzalez’s sister was at the scene and heard the gunshots, police said.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 13 May 2023
  • The two Kardashian sisters have had a busy summer so far.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
  • On Monday, the sisters were spotted with a ski instructor on the slopes in Aspen, Colo.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Things get bloodier, hairier, and more violent from there, forcing Ginger's younger sister (Emily Perkins) to put her lycanthropic sibling back onto her leash.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The release announcement included a video clip from a recent studio session, shared by Payne’s sister, Ruth Gibbons, capturing the two musicians listening to the track together.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024

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