relatives

Example Sentences

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But in Congo, relatives often insist on traditional burial practices, which include washing corpses to usher the dead into the afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

My relatives made great investment choices and I would like to keep the shares rather than liquidating them.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Erin is the youngest of the relatives at 55 and didn’t become directly involved with his father’s music until he was 14, when he joined Davis on tour in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Thousands of people were not paid all the money that their deceased relatives had kept with the bank, due to errors in identifying all NS&I products held by the customer before they died.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The minute after that I’ve got tax problems and employee difficulties and threats of lawsuits and greedy relatives no one’s ever heard of before and I’m sick to death of being rich.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen