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 Surface Go is the smaller sibling of the Surface Pro line.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The siblings anoint each other, bond, and then tear each other to pieces.
    Lili Loofbourow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • Ronnie Wilson, who was one-third of the sibling trio that made up The Gap Band, has died.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Anything for her three best friends and two (younger) siblings.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 6 June 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
  • Their son, Paul, who was 7 years old at the time, was also eager for a sibling.
    Madeleine Chinery, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2021
  • 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 siblings grew up together in their hometown of Chicago, where Michael fell in love with acting after being wowed by seeing actor John Malkovich in a stage show.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 July 2025
  • The siblings grew up playing instruments and performed in their first family band, Rockinhaim, as children with their parents in the valley outside of Los Angeles.
    Taylor Mims, Billboard, 23 June 2025

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