How to Use fraternal in a Sentence

fraternal

adjective
  • There was a fraternal feeling among the troops.
  • He belonged to a fraternal organization.
  • Both were in the Navy and so shared that fraternal bond.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The boys are fraternal; one has blond hair and one has dark brown hair.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 7 June 2019
  • The fraternal twins each had a talking point ready to go when asked for one.
    Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Megan and her fraternal twin Rachel were only 10 years old at the time.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 July 2019
  • Noah told a fan on Twitter that Chloe and him are fraternal twins.
    Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 3 July 2019
  • The Knights, the largest fraternal organization in the world, have men in both Poland and Ukraine.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Two were implanted in the wife, who gave birth to fraternal twins.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2022
  • In her two decades of life, 399 has given birth to three sets of triplets, one set of fraternal twins, and two single cubs.
    Todd Wilkinson, National Geographic, 18 May 2017
  • On the bus to MetLife Stadium, the group banter built to a raucous, fraternal roar.
    Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The death toll has never been determined but about 20 homes, two churches and a fraternal lodge were burned to the ground.
    Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The film stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms as fraternal twins on a road trip to find their real father.
    Fortune, 24 Dec. 2017
  • The fraternal twins are a king and queen whose reign brought sunshine and are teaching the world about brotherly love.
    Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • During the Joseon era, some believed that fraternal twins were bad luck.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • In 21% of fraternal triplet pregnancies, the kids get some of each other’s DNA.
    William Saletan, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • Even more remarkable, all three sets of twins are fraternal and include one boy and one girl.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Outbreaks have stemmed at workplaces and at a fraternal club.
    Laura Hancock, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Zach and his wife Tori welcomed their first child, as did his fraternal twin, Jeremy, and his wife Audrey.
    Megan Friedman, Country Living, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, the fraternal twins attended boarding school in England and have called London home for the past few years.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Her fraternal brother does not survive the third trimester.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Frank has two pets, Pushpaw and Pupshaw, who look like the fraternal-twin offspring of a dachshund and a footstool.
    Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022
  • That didn’t work in Evangelina’s case; not even her fraternal twin sister was a match.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
  • The Chirashnya’s children, two sets of fraternal twins, are all fencers.
    Jasmine Leyva, The Mercury News, 28 May 2017
  • Through the process of creation, and the deepening of their fraternal love, Hogg and Swinton grappled with their mothers’ deaths.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Vincent, a fraternal triplet, is set to go home early next week, Barton said.
    Janelle Walker, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The trouble for most people, says Antony Joseph, the company’s creative director and half of the fraternal founders, comes down to gear and space.
    Margaret Rhodes, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2015
  • The pair later became parents to fraternal twins Slater and Bronwyn in 2006.
    Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 19 Sep. 2022
  • After the Civil War, fraternal organizations helped form the bedrock of what would eventually become the Black middle class.
    Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Like many fraternal orders and other voluntary social groups, NSGW’s membership has dwindled over time.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024

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