friends and relatives

Example Sentences

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Phones pinged with constant texts from friends and relatives watching the news around the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

They filmed personal photographs of the family's children at a time when many of their friends and relatives still didn't know whether they had survived, the Jewish News reported.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

"I wasn't there myself, but I had many friends and relatives who were," said one young mourner, who gave his surname as Orosstevic.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

Since COVID, people who have money are really trying to treat their friends and relatives to something special.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

I tramped across the veld to visit friends and relatives, but the magic world of my childhood had fled.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela