sisterly

Example Sentences

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With a final, sisterly eye-roll, Amma sighs: "Oh my gosh, you and your baby!"

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

Whereas “The Homecoming” was noted for its claustrophobic machismo, here it’s the women who dominate the proceedings, vacillating between sisterly tenderness and bitter recriminations.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

For many, their time in the military was their first time living away from their families, and they describe forming sisterly bonds.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2024

But in the scenes of child rearing, the absence of faces expresses something more: a depth of sisterly intimacy and family solidarity that renders exposition superfluous.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2023

I was gladdened by this, but I never felt sisterly around Zora.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides