friends and relatives

Example Sentences

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Phones pinged with constant texts from friends and relatives watching the news around the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Rabie tried to make a living as a driver, but couldn't get a license without a residence permit, and has since survived on help from friends and relatives.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

For now, friends and relatives nervously wait for news of loved ones.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

Since COVID, people who have money are really trying to treat their friends and relatives to something special.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

To him the terms of his parents’ marriage are something at once unthinkable and unremarkable; nearly all their friends and relatives had been married in the same way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri