extended family

Example Sentences

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Two weeks later, the holy man came to the Peterhof Palace outside St. Petersburg at the suggestion of two sisters who were part of the czar’s extended family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And I grew up in a large extended family, eating kamayan feasts together with our hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The story relates Laxman’s making as a demagogue, dwelling on the years in which he used his extended family as a kind of training ground for his megalomania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Ahmed al-Halabi, a father of two from the Dahieh area of south Beirut, fled with his extended family in the middle of the night as missiles struck nearby.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

There was no time to hire a replacement, not before the extended family would arrive.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland