uncle

Example Sentences

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Another local also gave Mohamed's uncle's name and those of other relatives as he listed people killed in the community.

From BBC

But he has kept an eye on conditions in his native country over the years, and his mother stays in touch with an uncle who is still there.

From Los Angeles Times

It will also be a family affair, with Fiennes-Tiffin appearing alongside his uncle Joseph Fiennes, best known for his role in The Handmaid's Tale.

From BBC

"My uncle has a mental illness. The poor man had convinced himself he was dead," they told the BBC.

From BBC

Most of my time, sleeping and waking, has been spent outside, in close contact with what we now call the environment, what my uncles used to call, simply, “the woods.”

From Literature