sister

Example Sentences

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“Barry was an innocent man. A man who brought no harm to anyone,” his sister, O’koia Nixon, said during a vigil for Henderson held last week in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“He was one of the guys who wanted to protect his community,” his sister, Tianna Hardy, told me later.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Lauren, my older sister, and I shared a bedroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

A few weeks after the burial, his elder sister sent him an old audio message from Javed.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Tante Jans, Mama’s older sister, had moved in with us when her husband died to spend, as she put it, “what few days remain to me,” though she was still only in her early forties.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom