brothers

Example Sentences

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They are happier here, they say, being treated "like brothers, not strangers".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

I’m the oldest of five, with two younger brothers and two younger sisters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Erickson, during the civil trial, testified he avoided hitting the brothers, but Grossman did not.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Children have a stronger sense of their roots and family culture, are more likely to stay together with brothers and sisters as a unit, and are more likely to report that they feel loved.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“Yes, sisters and brothers, the old schoolhouse, the first schoolhouse – the log schoolhouse, with its stick chimbley daubed with clay.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck