Examples of great-uncle in a Sentence
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Cudahy sees the series, part of which will be included in his first U.S. museum survey, opening next month at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine, as something of a memorial to his great-uncle, in the same vein as his tribute to Russell.
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Coco Romack, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Jason Holt showed Martin a photo of his great-uncle, PFC Thomas Coleman Hawkins (pictured right, with a friend).
—David Martin, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2024
When his great-uncle dies, Norman inherits the responsibility of enacting an annual ritual to protect the town from a 300 year old witch's curse.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
Some, like Cohen’s great-uncle, had their number removed.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
In Luling, Yeni, her parents, aunts, and grandmother settled into a cramped house with a tin roof that was down the street from her great-uncles, the first members of the family to discover the town’s decent jobs, in the oil fields.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Lyons is a third-generation family farmer, the heir to a farming dynasty that began when his great-uncle E. T. Mape came over from Ireland.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
One of Maram’s great-uncles, Fayez, is pushing a wheelchair carrying Maram’s ninety-year-old great-grandmother.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
They were joined by Itay Raviv, whose great-uncle, 78-year-old Avraham Munder, remains a hostage; all three spoke at a dinner in Beverly Hills on Saturday with representatives of the American Jewish Committee and other supporters of Israel.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
Coco Romack, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Jason Holt showed Martin a photo of his great-uncle, PFC Thomas Coleman Hawkins (pictured right, with a friend).
—David Martin, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2024
When his great-uncle dies, Norman inherits the responsibility of enacting an annual ritual to protect the town from a 300 year old witch's curse.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
Some, like Cohen’s great-uncle, had their number removed.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
In Luling, Yeni, her parents, aunts, and grandmother settled into a cramped house with a tin roof that was down the street from her great-uncles, the first members of the family to discover the town’s decent jobs, in the oil fields.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Lyons is a third-generation family farmer, the heir to a farming dynasty that began when his great-uncle E. T. Mape came over from Ireland.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
One of Maram’s great-uncles, Fayez, is pushing a wheelchair carrying Maram’s ninety-year-old great-grandmother.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
They were joined by Itay Raviv, whose great-uncle, 78-year-old Avraham Munder, remains a hostage; all three spoke at a dinner in Beverly Hills on Saturday with representatives of the American Jewish Committee and other supporters of Israel.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
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