relatives

Example Sentences

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Residents survived by wrapping up indoors, turning their balconies into refrigerators and, when possible, staying with relatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

That discovery placed another hominin lineage in the broader region during the same critical window and suggested that early human relatives were more widespread and ecologically flexible than once assumed.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Throughout the 28-hour operation residents and soldiers looked on, waiting for news of missing relatives.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

America’s great national parks and wildernesses must be littered with dead relatives.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Instead of getting excited and angry, Ralph stood calmly beside his car and looked at his relatives without speaking.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary