fraternal

Example Sentences

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When community members aren’t arguing, the vibe is generally extremely supportive and fraternal.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Today, our conversation begins, after fraternal embraces, with a huge burst of laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Two sisters who believed they were fraternal twins discovered they were in fact identical - after one of them was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 23.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

When he returned, he was confused to see the group toasting the fraternal comradeship of the Third Reich and the USSR.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

If identical twins possess a strong concordance for schizophrenia, say, while fraternal twins—born and bred in an identical environment—show little concordance, then the roots of that illness can be firmly attributed to genetics.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee