How to Use brother in a Sentence

brother

noun
  • We must support our brothers and sisters fighting overseas.
  • Yes, the Cougars and Beavers just beat the rest of their Pac-12 brethren in court.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Her 2017 film, To the Bone, starred her brother and Lily Collins.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Aly Miller’s brother, Zach, was the point guard on that 2011 team.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • That’s when Bell met him and his brothers, Frank and Lee.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • In the brothers’ view, the Hamas attack was inevitable.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Kevin's brothers, Joe and Nick, served as his best men.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The young man who killed her brother had just been released from jail.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • At that time Jim Dean, Howard Dean's brother, stepped down as the chairman.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 May 2023
  • In the photo, three brothers, guns in hand, stand in front of their parents, ready to protect the place.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Hamlin’s parents and brother were with him at the time.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • His younger brother and the 27-year-old driver of the Nissan were injured.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But then, in flashback, Madden plays the much nicer Leo, who was the first of the two brothers to fall for Penelope.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024
  • All eight of his brothers have had the disease, and two of them, as well as his father, have died from it.
    Robin Cole, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Carla's half-brother and Rafe also arrived at the church to steal the cross.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2023
  • What’s more is Ethan Bauer got to see his older brother notch his 100th point in a game both starred in.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
  • He cannot be tamed and leaves his brother’s widow and his home behind.
    Sara C. Hahn, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
  • To make a film, David needed both his brother and Zwerin.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • And then my brother died before my mom, who died about a month later.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Among the members of the brand’s team buzzing around the store was his older brother, Steele, who quit his job as a lawyer to co-found Tsu Lange Yor.
    André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • His four-year-old brother shouts it daily around 3:00 a.m.
    CBS News, 14 May 2023
  • All reminders of that day, one year ago, when Yarl was shot while trying to pick up his brothers.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Of course Beth has her brother saved in her phone as something profane.
    William Earl, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Ree's husband and her brother-in-law, Tim, have dealt with loss before.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2022
  • After their mother’s death, 35-year-old Aga has to take care of her teenage brother, Milosz.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Ethan Chapin was part of a set of triplets with a brother and sister, said his mother, Stacy Chapin.
    CBS News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • In 2008, her birth mother and brother came to stay with her and her husband and two kids in their small apartment.
    Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The brothers, whose father Phil Gersh founded the agency in 1949, will segue to new roles as co-Chairmen.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
  • This included Chinese food, which Chris says is the last meal his brother ate prior to his death.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2025

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