aunt

Example Sentences

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Spalding was born in 1850 in Byron, Ill. His widowed mother sent him at age 11 to live with his aunt and uncle in nearby Rockford, where he first played baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“I wasn’t really planning on landing it,” he says, at which point his aunt gasps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

John Kilcoyne, defending, told the sentencing that his client maintained her innocence and that she had permission from her aunt to take the money.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Cassidy maintained she had not conned her aunt.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

My only visitors are my aunt or Theo, borrowing something or returning something.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse