How to Use brother in a Sentence
brother
noun- We must support our brothers and sisters fighting overseas.
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Yes, the Cougars and Beavers just beat the rest of their Pac-12 brethren in court.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
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When each reached the majors, the first call was to the brother.
—John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2022
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Her 2017 film, To the Bone, starred her brother and Lily Collins.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
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Aly Miller’s brother, Zach, was the point guard on that 2011 team.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
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My brother sent the next text, and his idea was the winner.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 10 June 2022
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That’s when Bell met him and his brothers, Frank and Lee.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
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In the brothers’ view, the Hamas attack was inevitable.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
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Kevin's brothers, Joe and Nick, served as his best men.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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The two were joined by their brothers, Austin Swift, 33, and Jesse Johnson, 42.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 30 May 2025
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The downsizing was not the first time this had happened to the brothers Gilroy.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 May 2025
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The young man who killed her brother had just been released from jail.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
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At that time Jim Dean, Howard Dean's brother, stepped down as the chairman.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2022
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Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer.
—Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2022
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One was the brother of Lenie’s best friend and classmate.
—Karla Perez, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
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The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 May 2023
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In the photo, three brothers, guns in hand, stand in front of their parents, ready to protect the place.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
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His late twin brother, Matt, was a state runner-up in 1978.
—Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2022
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Her brother slid into the driver's seat and played with the gear shift, rolling the car backward.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Apr. 2025
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Hamlin’s parents and brother were with him at the time.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
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His younger brother and the 27-year-old driver of the Nissan were injured.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
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But then, in flashback, Madden plays the much nicer Leo, who was the first of the two brothers to fall for Penelope.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024
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All eight of his brothers have had the disease, and two of them, as well as his father, have died from it.
—Robin Cole, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
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The girls’ older brothers were out, and their parents were at work.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Carla's half-brother and Rafe also arrived at the church to steal the cross.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2023
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Sierra’s baby, King, in the arms of her brother’s wife.
—Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
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What’s more is Ethan Bauer got to see his older brother notch his 100th point in a game both starred in.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
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In this game, the Hassan brothers gave Kaneland a swat team, blocking five shots apiece.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
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Stanley theorizes in the documentary that the brothers struck a deal with police to escape any consequences and lied about being involved in the attack.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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Later her younger brother, Vilayat, feeling much the same way, volunteered for minesweeper duty.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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