sisterly
Example Sentences
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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
For many, their time in the military was their first time living away from their families, and they describe forming sisterly bonds.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 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
The 2013 hit, a tale of sisterly love and the lengths siblings will go for each other, marked an evolution in Disney story-telling.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023
So Aureliano was still a virgin when Amaranta Úrsula returned to Macondo and gave him a sisterly embrace that left him breathless.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
