aunt
Example Sentences
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"They didn't give my aunt adequate pain relief at the end of her life," Jacqueline said.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
“She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those rolls with grace and a kind ferocity,” Molly Schrader wrote in her post.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
"You know: my cat's got a disease, my dog's got a disease, my aunt has got a disease."
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Her aunt in Anchorage even texted to let Sullivan know that news of her protest had reached Alaska.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Charlie recovered pretty quick, because he said, “Them biscuits Tansy’s or your aunt Maud’s?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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