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Recent Examples of sisterly
In an early duet, Aparna and Ashwini are models of sisterly complementarity.
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Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Miss Austen Miss Austen takes a literary mystery, Cassandra Austen, notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters and reimagines it as witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a new Austen heroine.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
Opening on the day of Anne Boleyn’s execution, The Private Life of Henry VIII gives most of its wifely screen time to Elsa Lanchester’s Anne of Cleves, who becomes a wise sisterly figure post-divorce despite starting as something of a German caricature.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Elena Rose and Lele Pons give each other a sisterly hug.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
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Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Miss Austen Miss Austen takes a literary mystery, Cassandra Austen, notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters and reimagines it as witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a new Austen heroine.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
Opening on the day of Anne Boleyn’s execution, The Private Life of Henry VIII gives most of its wifely screen time to Elsa Lanchester’s Anne of Cleves, who becomes a wise sisterly figure post-divorce despite starting as something of a German caricature.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Elena Rose and Lele Pons give each other a sisterly hug.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisterly
Adjective
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The conclusion of the original trilogy has many loose ends to tie up, not the least of which is the preceding chapter’s familial twist.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Some of the players had a slight leg-up, given that they were born and raised in bigger or more recognisable football environments, but played for another country due to a familial connection.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Marvel star also told Fatherly in 2020 that witnessing the brotherly bond his sons have fostered has been another one of his favorite parts of being a dad.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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As the game clock hit 0:00, photographers, camera operators and other media flooded from the four corners of the field to the midfield lightning bolt to capture the brotherly handshake.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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During a shareholder party, a band of radical activists commandeer the gathering in order to expose the environmental damage that’s been covered up by the corrupt company’s fraternal CEOs and their co-conspirators in attendance.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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About 20 people were attending a meeting to help determine the future of the group — a fraternal organization supporting farmers, ranchers, vineyard operators and others, most with a connection to agriculture — that once was popular in Ramona.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Sisterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisterly. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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