Examples of half sister in a Sentence
Emily is my half sister.
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Melodee’s half sister told NBC affiliate KSBY of San Luis Obispo that their father died when Melodee was a baby.
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2025
Their dog Copper had passed away a month earlier, and his mother Tricia Reagan tried to explain that the same thing happened to his half sister Sarah.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Louise had an affair with a married man, resulting in the birth of Burnett’s half sister, Antonia Christine, and afterward fell into a deep depression and began drinking heavily, too.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The plot in this version of the story revolves around the dying Henry Dashwood making his son John promise to provide for his stepmother Elinor and half sisters Marianne and Margaret from his inheritance.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2025
Their dog Copper had passed away a month earlier, and his mother Tricia Reagan tried to explain that the same thing happened to his half sister Sarah.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Louise had an affair with a married man, resulting in the birth of Burnett’s half sister, Antonia Christine, and afterward fell into a deep depression and began drinking heavily, too.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The plot in this version of the story revolves around the dying Henry Dashwood making his son John promise to provide for his stepmother Elinor and half sisters Marianne and Margaret from his inheritance.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
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“Half sister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20sister. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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