sisterly

Example Sentences

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Two disparate siblings find common ground in the TV movie “A Sisterly Christmas.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2021

Q. Sisterly relations: My husband left me for another woman a few years ago.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2020

“I encourage Philadelphians to stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters and to show them that we are the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2017

Sisterly folk trio the Staves harmonise, hum and thrum to gorgeous effect on this seasonally apt, 100% organic ode to lost love.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2013

Sisterly affection is as graceful in its developments to the eye of the beholder, as it is cheering to the heart where it resides.

From The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies by Lady, An American