How to Use sibling in a Sentence

sibling

noun
  • Clothed in their Sunday best, the siblings walked hand in hand to the park.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
  • The siblings grew up on Cross E Ranch, which used to be a cattle farm.
    Sofia Jeremias, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • In a sense, Maserati’s iconic MC12 can be thought of as the Enzo’s sibling.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • All our kids are friends—my two, Daisy, and her two older siblings.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Sibley was the middle child of 11 and was what his siblings describe as goofy but a grounding force in their lives.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Some of us already had parents, siblings, and even children buried in this dirt.
    Jamil Jan Kochai, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • My elderly mom recently passed away and left my siblings and me a house filled to the brim with things to clean up.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • He was born in Colombia and at age 10 moved with his widowed mother and two siblings to New York City.
    Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Princess Anne and King Charles proved that good-natured sibling ribbing never takes a rest.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Now her allegiance is up in the air, as the siblings fight yet again over the possibility of one of them taking the throne.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023
  • Seay was the oldest of the siblings in the notorious Seay family.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The two siblings were displaced to a relative’s house in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The siblings stir up a plan to occupy his time, which, of course, Shiv thwarts by placing him directly in Nate’s path.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 May 2023
  • Colin was a multisport athlete in high school The youngest of the Clark siblings, Colin is no stranger to sports either.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Toni had the names of his twin siblings tattooed on each of his hands, which were all that had been spared decomposition.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And the ship is just the first in the class; Silver Nova's sibling vessel, Silver Ray, is scheduled to debut in summer 2024.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Do things to foster a sibling relationship? — What’s In a Name?
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Captive viewers tuned in and many took to TikTok to express support for the siblings and their contention that abuse drove them to kill.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The middle child of seven siblings, Frohna always had big dreams of moving to Hollywood to be in the movie business.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
  • So his mother abandoned her 2-month-old son and two elder siblings on her mother’s doorstep and fled.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • In 2023, investigators were able to track down the woman’s siblings and got a DNA sample from one of them, deputies said.
    Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Teens with no siblings in China were found to have the best mental health, while teens with no or one sibling fared best in America.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Some bullet points on your list may include a weekend beach trip with your BFFs or an epic movie night with your parents and siblings.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 17 July 2023
  • And the actors could find midnight-zone depths even when the siblings and their retainers were at their shallowest.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • Though they’re not related, the three acted like siblings, the Minnesota Zoo said.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Stager and one of his sisters were separated from the other siblings, never to see them again.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2023
  • And the two siblings very much dressed the part: Kulture, 4, wore a sweeping black gown with floral details around the shoulders and white petals on the train — and a very princess-like shimmering tiara.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • Six-year-old Luciana often carries a container of the family’s scraps to the drop-off with her siblings and mom.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023

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