How to Use sibling in a Sentence

sibling

noun
  • By the rescue of the third sibling, the fire had reached them.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Clothed in their Sunday best, the siblings walked hand in hand to the park.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
  • Sue, who at 61 is the youngest of her siblings, has not.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The siblings sold ice in the summer and coal in the winter.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
  • His death marked the first of the Jackson siblings since Michael died in 2009.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Now Jimmy is the only sibling left, and among the few left of the 442nd.
    Bo Emerson, ajc, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The actress is very close to all of her younger siblings.
    Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
  • Does the child ghost just want to return to his dead siblings?
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The siblings grew up on Cross E Ranch, which used to be a cattle farm.
    Sofia Jeremias, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Kevin is one of six siblings and has a daughter of his own.
    Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Annoy, as a sibling on a road trip 55 Get a lode of this!
    Ross Trudeau, The New Yorker, 10 June 2022
  • The Montgomerys said the bruise was caused by horseplay with a sibling.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2022
  • In a sense, Maserati’s iconic MC12 can be thought of as the Enzo’s sibling.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Her siblings, a 10-year-old and a 7-year-old, both survived.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The female sibling’s band read P7, while one male’s read R7 and the other, S7.
    Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The siblings anoint each other, bond, and then tear each other to pieces.
    Lili Loofbourow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • Which adults are most likely to live with an adult sibling?
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Switch Lite, the Switch’s mobile-only sibling that cannot dock to a TV.
    Eric Ravenscraft Gear Team, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2022
  • His brother lamented that his sibling was able to get his hands on a weapon in the first place.
    Reese Oxner, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • All our kids are friends—my two, Daisy, and her two older siblings.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Edwards treated the siblings of the first child who died of measles.
    ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In the book series, the next sibling to get matched up is Benedict Bridgerton.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2022
  • After more than a decade in a kennel, Fiona now has a yard, a couch, and four fur siblings.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
  • If your child cheats while playing a game with a sibling, the sibling may not want to play with them again.
    Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The couple’s twin daughters will soon have a new sibling.
    Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In the footage, Lola bats her new sibling with her paw, leading the pup to lose balance and fall over.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • The Little Mermaid, her sibling wasn’t just going to sit around and wait for her to be done!
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Georg von Trapp and Maria von Trapp, and a younger half-sibling to the older von Trapp children portrayed on stage and in the movie.
    Lisa Rathke, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
  • Samuels is a friend of the 21-year-old male sibling of the 2-year-old and was there to socialize, Spagnolo said.
    Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2022
  • It's been 25 years since Party of Five ended and viewers said goodbye to the Salinger siblings.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 3 May 2025

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