How to Use family friend in a Sentence

family friend

noun

• The eighth has been described as a cousin and a family friend.
  — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
• The eighth child was believed to have been a family friend.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
• Caleb didn’t deserve to die in the streets, the family friend said.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
• Charles Ware was a family friend.
  — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
• Robinson agreed to speak with a family friend who had been a deputy sheriff.
  — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
• One day, Kate was home with a family friend and started to feel woozy.
  — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 July 2025
• Mills, her husband, their two children and a family friend made it to the roof.
  — Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
• Pruitt, a longtime family friend, had served as a mentor to the teen.
  — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
• Swift was a family friend who often babysat their young daughters.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
• Over the years, Jorge became a close family friend.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
• And the couple is grateful for that good deal, renting from a family friend.
  — Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 July 2025
• Denise and Imagine went to live and share a bedroom in a family friend's home.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 May 2026
• The girl was eventually able to reach a family friend, who picked her up and took her to her home.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
• Jake Reiner stepped out in support of a family friend this week.
  — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
• His father asked him to meet at their home and talk with a family friend, a retired deputy sheriff.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
• Goncalves said that a family friend was also involved in the dispute.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
• Her aunt later shared that Laimou had been found dead by a family friend in her apartment.
  — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
• They were reported missing by a family friend the next day.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 May 2026
• The officer was with a family friend walking a dog.
  — Peter D'oench, CBS News, 27 May 2026
• First, a family friend came across the country and moved into their home for two months to help care for their baby.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
• Her father is afraid to go out to certain places, so their family friend sometimes goes shopping for him.
  — Anna Heqimi, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
• While the women prepared to flee, Hadley texted a family friend who was a marine.
  — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
• The family friend heard her scream during the call and then lost contact with Russell.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• Dave Bisho is a family friend who helped set up an online fundraising effort.
  — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2026
• The cause was esophageal cancer, a family friend told the New York Times.
  — Carmel Dagan, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
• The girl is a family friend of Murtagh’s, according to the report.
  — Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
• For family friend Lakashia Collins, the pain is all too familiar.
  — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
• When they got married, a family friend gave them a White Park heifer as a wedding present.
  — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 May 2026
• So Obaid turned to an oil consultant and old family friend to value the oilfield.
  — Hugo Miller, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
• For that, another family friend said.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026