How to Use extended family in a Sentence

extended family

noun

• The whole extended family would sit around and make dumplings for hours.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2023
• And then there's the part about playing host to your extended family.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 17 Nov. 2023
• And what of the sun’s siblings, the thousands of other stars in its extended family?
  — Philip Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
• So get ready to find your bonus sister the very best gift and earn all the brownie points with your extended family.
  — Shanon Maglente and Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2022
• The picture showed herself and Nick with all three of their kids and their extended family.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• Manuel and Olga’s close friend died, and then, one by one, most of their friend’s extended family.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Take a moment to think about the future plans of your daughters, friends, and extended family.
  — Time, 3 Aug. 2023
• Ebert’s extended family is grateful to have the book, too.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• His extended family gathers in his front yard to talk about their connection to the land.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
• Plus, if your friends or extended family join your crew on the trip, there aren't awkward moments about who's picking up the check.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2023
• The rest of the extended family has respected our wishes to cut ties with the ex, but not my MIL, and this has been very hurtful to my husband.
  — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2022
• Within minutes, dozens of members of the extended family had rushed to the basement.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• My husband and extended family and I would like to take a long-weekend trip somewhere in state.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2022
• In the extended family of beer styles, lambics are the kooky European cousins.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• That means getting used to talking about it with friends and extended family.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
• And, of course, my extended family, which includes a victim of torture, gives me hope.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Ruben Brillantes and his large extended family are all still living in a two-bedroom space far from home just to be near the children’s new schools.
  — Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• The extended family that was in Philadelphia came to the hospital to be with Paul, and Mickie flew in.
  — AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023
• My parents cut me out of their life years ago because of their biphobia, and most of my extended family went with them.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
• Kramer is survived by wife Kathie, son Jack, a brother Ken and an extended family of cousins, nieces and nephews.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• The lunar eclipse on the 25th flips the circuit breaker in your third house of siblings, extended family, close friends, neighbors, and local space.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
• He's been operating for seven years with the help of his wife, two sons, and extended family.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
• Her death, in a nursing home, was confirmed by Cheryl Hill, who is part of Ms. Meriwether’s extended family.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• But the casting feels essential, rather than like a stunt, because we are meant to be thrown into the extended family deep end.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
• The dead were from the same extended family and included three children.
  — NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
• In the darkness of night, residents said, soldiers ordered men to strip down in the rain and arrested dozens from the extended family.
  — Fatima Abdulkarim, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
• The song makes enough money, every year, to pay for all of the extended family’s holiday shopping.
  — David Bauder, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2022
• One summer day, Zippy and his extended family were paddling south down the Hudson but then circled back and flew up to the riverbank next to me.
  — Harvey Dickson, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• But Wednesday, Fares said, there were explosions in the Gaza neighborhood where the rest of his extended family lives.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• He is surrounded by his extended family, who try to dissuade him from taking his life, but to no avail.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024