How to Use sister in a Sentence
sister
noun- The sisters live in the convent.
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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 -
Kolbe’s sister and five staffers were also part of the trip.
— Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2022 -
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 -
The guest had been at a bar with his sister on Wednesday.
— Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022 -
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 -
So, why did Andi's twin sister Helen show up to the island in her place?
— Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 23 Dec. 2022 -
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 -
Ask her to stop with the mean-spirited stories about your sister — or else.
— Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 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 -
The Observer is The Guardian’s sister paper, which comes out weekly on Sundays.
— K.j. Yossman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024 -
After a young vlogger dies violently during his quest to track down the game and disprove the legend, his sister must find a way to stop the evil that now stalks her and her friends.
— Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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