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

“The pain is unimaginable,” Jessica Hales, who identified herself as a member of Hales’ extended family, wrote in a social media post.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 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

Her mother, who only went to primary school, sells fatayas and nems -- savoury pocket pastries and spring rolls -- outside the family's compound where their extended family lives.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

If the night of his initiation into the Klan was a homecoming, his acceptance into Durham’s civic life was the discovery of a previously unknown extended family.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson