variants
or aunty
plural aunties
: aunt
Auntie Mame
… a stern but smoldering auntie.—
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker"Oh, please don't! We have come to tea with our cousin, and we'll be as good as gold if you'll let us stay, auntie," clamoured the boys …—Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May AlcottThese crosses underneath the letter are really kisses, all from the children who keep asking me about Aunty Daphne, though they do not know you.—Janet Frame
Janet FrameExamples of auntie in a Sentence
The children were happy to see their Auntie Mary.
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Their cook Jacob — the Thai son of longtime customers who sees Ananya as his auntie — is pushing for change.
—Pamela Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Where his ear for gentle piano beats and dreamy Auto-Tune vocals express wistfulness for the days on his block when not much mattered other than getting some play or a bowl of his auntie’s mac and cheese.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Mar. 2025
The aunties kneel and sway and hug on the living-room floor, keening dramatically one minute, chuckling over their cellphones the next.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Jenna Bush Hager’s daughters sit on the couch feeding their auntie Barbara Bush’s 7-month-old son, Edward, inside her Brooklyn townhouse.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Pamela Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Where his ear for gentle piano beats and dreamy Auto-Tune vocals express wistfulness for the days on his block when not much mattered other than getting some play or a bowl of his auntie’s mac and cheese.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Mar. 2025
The aunties kneel and sway and hug on the living-room floor, keening dramatically one minute, chuckling over their cellphones the next.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Jenna Bush Hager’s daughters sit on the couch feeding their auntie Barbara Bush’s 7-month-old son, Edward, inside her Brooklyn townhouse.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for auntie
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“Auntie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auntie. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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