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 -
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 -
The younger one is embarrassed and ashamed and doesn’t want to face her sister right now.
— Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 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 -
My sister wants our 85-year-old mother to move closer to her.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 21 July 2024 -
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 -
Her three children and the two children of her sister, who died during childbirth, sat next to her.
— Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024 -
Paulina, her quiet younger sister, Nicole, and a woman in her 40s with bright teal hair.
— The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023 -
Unlike her sister, who has dark hair like her parents, Haven has red hair.
— Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023 -
Her sister Marita came over to look through her closet.
— Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023 -
His sister is also a Preble Shawnee Local Schools student.
— Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2024 -
While Schmitt grew a lot closer to cute chaplain James, Yasuda did everything in her power — and her colleagues’ power — to keep cancer from claiming the life of her kid sister, Chloe.
— Charlie Mason, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
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