cousin

Example Sentences

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Over a dinner of noodles made from fish and sweet-potato powder, a local delicacy, my grandfather’s aged cousin raised a glass of homemade rice wine to me: “Come home often.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Around 1 a.m., seven hours after Ashaal failed to return home, a cousin and brother-in-law contacted friends, hospitals and the various security headquarters in Aden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The disheveled 58-year-old, who went by Tony, was a cousin of the recently deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"He couldn't walk down the street without everybody getting hold of him and wanting to take him in the pub," says his cousin, Rosemary Elmore.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Mutti took us to live with a cousin of hers in Heidelberg.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo