How to Use brotherhood in a Sentence

brotherhood

noun
  • Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
    Fox News, 27 Aug. 2013
  • That’s the power of family, friendship, and brotherhood.
    Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
  • But the High Priest liked to think that with time, new members and new money would find their way into the brotherhood’s ranks, and the staff would grow.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • Well, the reboot might require a few swift kicks in the pants of Denver players who have forgotten all great football teams are a brotherhood.
    Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2017
  • Egypt was turned over to the radical Muslim brotherhood, forcing the military to retake control.
    New York Times, 22 July 2016
  • When visitors ask if the monks have a Ferrari stashed somewhere, McCoy says that would probably send the wrong message about the brotherhood.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 July 2006
  • The growth of the game is unmatched and the brotherhood of the game is intense.
    Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The brotherhood in and around the Utes, though, is real.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Reaching out with a text at this time of the year, though, is not part of the brotherhood.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
  • The 'brotherhood' of The Band really does come through in the film.
    Karen Bliss, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2019
  • If the goal of the Olympics is to unify the world in peace and brotherhood, when does that start kicking in?
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July 2021
  • The brotherhood between the two football stars is just as strong off the field.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Or the bond of brotherhood that inspires great courage under fire in the chaos of war.
    Clay Routledge, National Review, 16 Jan. 2018
  • There needs to be a strong stress on brotherhood and living in peace.
    Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Coach Hauge preached all year brotherhood, and games like this build it.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 7 May 2021
  • For Paris the consequence has been a break with the brotherhood.
    Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 12 May 2024
  • The fourth verse concludes the same way the first did, with a plea for God’s grace and the brotherhood of all Americans.
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 4 July 2021
  • For all the cross-franchise friendships and talk about a brotherhood, the NBA is no place for a kid.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2020
  • There is a brotherhood in arms between us and our friends of the United States.
    Heather Timmons, Quartz, 4 June 2019
  • And to see that brotherhood form added something special to the movie.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Imagine a frat with no rules and no sense of brotherhood.
    WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • And out of that came a brotherhood, which Ponder still speaks of fondly to this day.
    Scott Talley, Freep.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The freighthaulers all know this, of course, and that’s one reason bedbuggers aren’t part of the brotherhood.
    Longreads, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Seems to me that’s the kind of welcoming brotherhood any player would want to be a part of.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022
  • Your service has been a great gift to the country, and your friendship and brotherhood are a great gift to me.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Jay Hayes talks about a brotherhood and a closeness within the line.
    Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
    Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Lado and Watkins calls it a brotherhood on the Apollo team.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
  • This is the time to maintain peace, unity and brotherhood.
    Archana Chaudhary, Bloomberg.com, 16 Dec. 2019
  • True to his brotherhood, Jake puts his boys Gaspare and Brian at the front, then humbly puts himself second in line.
    Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024

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