How to Use cousin in a Sentence

cousin

noun

• The cricket is a cousin of the grasshopper.
• Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant cousin no one had heard from in years.
• One of my cousins listened for a while and then bummed a twenty spot.
  — Sterling Holywhitemountain, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2023
• Get the Recipe 05 Lasagna Soup Just like its casserole cousin, this soup will feed a crowd.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2023
• The cousin walked away from the edge and glanced back but did not see Edgar Garay, Carlos Garay told the station.
  — Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2023
• The two cousins avoid each other and do not appear to be speaking.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• However, Claudia managed to come up with a Plan B and the cousin saved the day.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• So, my mom is from Little Rock, and my cousins are all from Dallas.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Nov. 2023
• Another cousin lost a hand in a blast and couldn’t get care at the hospital.
  — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• Watching from the stands were his parents, brothers, cousins, and agents.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Swart lined up a job and his cousin spent $5,000 renovating a room for him.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
• For the Anand Karaj ceremony, the bride was walked in by her male cousins and brothers.
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• Twelve years later, her cousin Martha Sara Jack was born in Alaska.
  — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
• Her own cousin, Heidi Juliana Gauriloff, acts in the film.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
• Noemí Taboada's cousin reaches out to her, asking for her help to save her.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2023
• Amber Hauck, one of the grandkids, told Fox News Digital the idea started as a kind of joke among the cousins.
  — Genevieve Shaw Brown Fox News, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
• Gary Rhoden, 37, who lived with his cousin Chris Rhoden Sr.
  — The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2022
• Coriolanus’ cousin, Tigris Snow, is portrayed by Hunter Schafer.
  — Charna Flam, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• The models are my cousins and I; the photographer was my brother.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
• That included some young cousins who have started playing in the past few years.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Though ideas of a cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) spinoff have been bandied around, nothing has any actual legs at this point.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• One of her cousin’s injuries left her in a coma and on life support, from which she was soon removed.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• His father played guitar, and a cousin was a gospel singer who recorded with Stax Records in Memphis.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2024
• The preteen joined the rapper onstage to perform the track along with her best friends, plus cousin Penelope Disick, 11.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
• The hominid outlived its cousins throughout Africa, Asia and Europe.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• The cousin had been diagnosed with the same condition and died within the same year; his sister urged Paddy to get checked for the gene.
  — Grace Browne, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
• My parents remain in town, as do a handful of aunts, uncles and cousins, and all five of my siblings live here.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
• The oldest of three children and a couple of close cousins, Warford was a quiet, sleepy baby.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 10 Oct. 2023
• Ester's cousin Mordecai learned of a plot to kill the king and loyally reported it.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023
• Takeoff had made up a third of the world-renowned rap trio Migos, along with his cousin Offset and uncle Quavo.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 3 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024