sisterly
Example Sentences
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I assure you this is less about sisterly solidarity or my lingering affection for “Ted Lasso” or even a love of soccer – er, football.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
With a final, sisterly eye-roll, Amma sighs: "Oh my gosh, you and your baby!"
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
Whereas “The Homecoming” was noted for its claustrophobic machismo, here it’s the women who dominate the proceedings, vacillating between sisterly tenderness and bitter recriminations.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
But in the scenes of child rearing, the absence of faces expresses something more: a depth of sisterly intimacy and family solidarity that renders exposition superfluous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
She slid down beside him, and when his eyes checked her out sideways, she gave a quiet, sisterly kind of smile and pretended to be enthralled with Big Bird.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
