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Recent Examples of sisterly
Until now, the answer had been an easy one for spectacular sisterly duo Agnes van Rhijn and the former Ada Brook, splendidly portrayed by Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon.
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Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
In the comments, viewers posted with their own takes on sisterly dynamics.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Their sisterly bond grows with an unexpected force.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 June 2025
Set in 1830, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery — Cassandra Austen (Hawes) notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters — and reimagines it as a heart-breaking story of sisterly love.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
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Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
In the comments, viewers posted with their own takes on sisterly dynamics.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Their sisterly bond grows with an unexpected force.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 June 2025
Set in 1830, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery — Cassandra Austen (Hawes) notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters — and reimagines it as a heart-breaking story of sisterly love.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisterly
Adjective
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In December 2024, Sabine and Annalise attended the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in New York City with the couple, marking a first for the familial crew.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Her 2014 film Still Alice followed a linguistics professor diagnosed with familial Alzheimer's disease.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of TIFF, Cox and Cumming opened up about playing against type, returning to Scotland, and finding the humor and heart in a story about brotherly love.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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To them, Belly’s brotherly ménage à trois and altar-dumping story is interesting, sure, but no more selfish and reckless than Celine, for instance, who sleeps with married men as a hobby.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Along with their businesses, communities lost newspapers, fraternal halls, and churches that those profits had helped sustain.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The drama, which is the fraternal directorial duo’s 13th feature, revolves around five young women living in a temporary shelter for underage mothers.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Sisterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisterly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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