blood is thicker than water

phrase

—used to say that a person's family is more important than a person's other relationships or needs

Examples of blood is thicker than water in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And the expression ‘blood is thicker than water,’ was not true in my case. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025

Just like her big sis, Noah Cyrus knows that blood is thicker than water. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025

But blood is thicker than water… Details on the characters voiced by Jonathan Banks and Doug Bradley are being kept under wraps. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025

In this region more than others, blood is thicker than water. — Becca Wasser, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2016

Rhymes for blood is thicker than water

• auteur
• blotter
• cotter
• daughter
• hotter
• mater
• otter
• plotter
• rotter
• slaughter
• spotter
• squatter