be one of the family

Example Sentences

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Sabina did not wish to be one of the family at all, but she knew that she was under great obligations to her hosts, and she did not wish to be thought ungrateful.

From The Heart of Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

And now she is to be one of the family she is so much more at her ease.

From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne

"You are my true and trusted friend," said Edith, "and you shall be one of the family as long as you wish to stay with us."

From What Can She Do? by Roe, Edward Payson

I am one among our innumerable American teachers, reared on the Atlantic coast but admitted for this year to be one of the family at Stanford.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

But how came Bernhard to be one of the family?

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav