be one of the family

Example Sentences

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Anyway, you ’m tokened to Chris and will be one of the family some day perhaps when Mother Coomstock dies, so I’ll leave my secret with you.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden

So Isabella went on learning what it was to be one of the family, and becoming, as Mrs. Lester remarked, a very experienced seamstress.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various

"Let me be one of the family to-night," urged Richard.

From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

Belle was ashamed to have her appear to be one of the family.

From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell

"We'll have tea up-stairs if you're really going to be one of the family," said Mrs. Goodchild, with the dubious smile so familiar on the faces of mothers of New York girls.

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin