sisterly

Example Sentences

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With a final, sisterly eye-roll, Amma sighs: "Oh my gosh, you and your baby!"

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

They rewarded fans with a high-voltage set, full of delirious hooks and crisp choreography, while highlighting their sisterly bond.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 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

The Barbies dwell in sisterly harmony and blissful self-fulfillment, each with her own meticulously furnished Barbie Dreamhouse and endlessly colorful wardrobe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023

They’d shucked off their hats and messed up each other’s hair and were thrashing around, engaged in a sisterly tickle fight.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama