How to Use uncle in a Sentence
uncle
noun- I have three uncles and two aunts.
- My Uncle David is visiting next week.
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John is a great uncle to my kids.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 10 June 2026
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She was raised by her aunt and uncle.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Aunts and uncles will teach you about art.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
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Then her aunt and uncle died a few days apart.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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But now my uncle was bringing it up again.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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Vance was seated next to his aunt and uncle.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
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Hunt is a brother and an uncle.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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William has long had strong feelings about his uncle.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
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The two women did so and have been at the uncle’s house since.
—Miho Inada, WSJ, 29 July 2022
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How foster care failed my aunts and uncles.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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Maybe your uncle shared it with zero irony.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
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All my aunts and uncles are teachers.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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How many people have uncles like that?
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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His stance towards his uncle is tough.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025
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His stance towards his uncle is tough.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Sep. 2025
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His stance towards his uncle is tough.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Sep. 2025
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Frye's uncle said his nephew had gone to the store for his brother.
—Amanda Su, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2022
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Ed’s uncle’s garage apartment reeked of must and jug wine.
—Nick Dothée, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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His cousins would soon be heading south to spend a week with their uncle.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
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Rudd stars as her loving uncle who helps drive around and look for him.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
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My uncle stands above me, holding a spoon to the open cup of the fruit.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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That night, the boys were alone in a makeshift shed and their uncle went to check on them.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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The uncles got a kick out of me and were more than good-natured with me.
—Drew Carberry, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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All my uncles played in college.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Her aunt paid to have her hair done, and her uncle served as chauffeur.
—Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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An uncle was his receivers coach.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
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When the call to war came, the Gods, my uncles and cousins, left.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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Maybe even your dead uncle’s money.
—Mark Lewyn, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
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