How to Use extended family in a Sentence

extended family

noun

• The whole extended family would sit around and make dumplings for hours.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2023
• And then there's the part about playing host to your extended family.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 17 Nov. 2023
• And what of the sun’s siblings, the thousands of other stars in its extended family?
  — Philip Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
• So get ready to find your bonus sister the very best gift and earn all the brownie points with your extended family.
  — Shanon Maglente and Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2022
• The picture showed herself and Nick with all three of their kids and their extended family.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• The trio move into a small flat with extended family, and Rose gets a job as a hotel maid.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
• Manuel and Olga’s close friend died, and then, one by one, most of their friend’s extended family.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Take a moment to think about the future plans of your daughters, friends, and extended family.
  — Time, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Clarks plan to add bunk beds for some of their 14-plus extended family members, and then rent out the home to recoup part of their monthly costs.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 29 June 2022
• Ebert’s extended family is grateful to have the book, too.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• The cousin talked to Price about his own struggles, as well as the autistic traits that seemed common in their extended family.
  — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• The in-law family has roots in the area and many extended family members.
  — Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2022
• His extended family gathers in his front yard to talk about their connection to the land.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
• Plus, if your friends or extended family join your crew on the trip, there aren't awkward moments about who's picking up the check.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2023
• The rest of the extended family has respected our wishes to cut ties with the ex, but not my MIL, and this has been very hurtful to my husband.
  — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2022
• All four of my grandparents fled the Nazis and the Soviets in the 1940s, while some cousins and extended family remained.
  — Lydia Tomkiw, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2022
• Within minutes, dozens of members of the extended family had rushed to the basement.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• Of his large and tightknit extended family, only two cousins joined him.
  — Stacey Anderson, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2022
• Rio just turned eight months old, and his extended family is learning to choose their words wisely around him.
  — Melania Luisa Marte, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• My husband and extended family and I would like to take a long-weekend trip somewhere in state.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2022
• In the extended family of beer styles, lambics are the kooky European cousins.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• That means getting used to talking about it with friends and extended family.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
• And, of course, my extended family, which includes a victim of torture, gives me hope.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Ruben Brillantes and his large extended family are all still living in a two-bedroom space far from home just to be near the children’s new schools.
  — Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Politely nudge extended family members who are hogging the good stuff to pass it on along à la the James Brown band.
  — Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2022
• In his work, in his friendships, in his extended family.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2022
• The extended family that was in Philadelphia came to the hospital to be with Paul, and Mickie flew in.
  — AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023
• My parents cut me out of their life years ago because of their biphobia, and most of my extended family went with them.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
• So what really struck me was how wonderful his extended family was in telling you exactly the story, and it couldn’t have been done without them.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
• The extended family lives under one roof, and not always happily.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024