How to Use sister in a Sentence

sister

noun
  • The sisters live in the convent.
  • Born in 1969, Roy was raised in Yuba City along with two sisters.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The sisters from Colorado Springs, about an hour south of Denver, had been planning to live off the grid since the fall of 2021, Jara said.
    CBS News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Liev Schreiber's son is hoping for some more time with his baby sister.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • On Monday, the sisters were spotted with a ski instructor on the slopes in Aspen, Colo.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Her children are being raised by her sister in Paris, TX.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In the sweet photo, Olympia holds her baby sister in her arms, smiling and laughing.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The actor, who walked the carpet with his sister Mandi Gosling, paired it with a black shirt which has silver piping.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • His sister Ren, played by Christy Carlson Romano, was always trying to kill the fun.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
  • In the trailer for season four of The Kardashians, the sisters remain at odds and are barely on speaking terms.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023
  • His 8-year-old sister watches closely and is starting to head in the same direction.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Her sister steadied her, wrapping her arm around her back.
    Megan Specia Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 19 June 2023
  • Next, Yolande worked with her sister Claudette, to research, evaluate, and rank wedding venues in Puglia.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 July 2023
  • Edmundson said the lawsuit was filed on what would have been her sister’s 70th birthday.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Elias was set to graduate from high school this year and had planned to travel to Puerto Rico with his sister.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
  • Khloé spends time at home with sister Kim Kardashian and mom Kris Jenner as the father and son arrive back.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Dianne and her sisters, Yvonne and Lynn, were terrorized.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Think of a beach bag as your oversized work tote's cool, casual sister—practical, but with a sense of fun.
    Aemilia Madden, harpersbazaar.com, 10 June 2023
  • The fledglings returned to the nest: Miranda and our son, Nathaniel, rejoined their high-school-senior sister, Beatrice.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • And Navarro’s sister, Jules, sees and hears things that shouldn’t be possible, like their dead mother calling to her.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The Saban family, including Nick’s mom and sister, ran a service station and a Dairy Queen on the side of a two-lane road in the heart of coal country.
    Brian O'Keefe, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Reyes and his wife, Elizabeth, along with her sister, her cousin and their spouses, have been cleaning out the home with plans to renovate it.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • Wearing a red and white long-sleeve swimsuit and smiley face trucker hat, the youngest Willis sister appeared content playing in the sand.
    Candace Ganger Powell, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • My younger sister Nancy died on her third attempt by suicide.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Julia nicknamed her sister Jossi and her sister-in-law Branster the Hamster.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • Two teenage sisters jumped into a frigid Iowa retention pond in the middle of winter to rescue two young boys who’d fallen through the ice.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Dolly Parton never played the fair, but her sister Stella did.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Garris’ sister said her brother had a job and was doing well in North Carolina.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • Along with her children and her sister, Dr. Keller is survived by two grandchildren.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The quick timeline of events rattled the man’s sister, who had called for a paramedic and said deputies could have done more to subdue the man without resorting to deadly force.
    Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2024

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