How to Use immediate family in a Sentence

immediate family

noun

• My sister, who is five years younger than me, is the first in my immediate family to live alone.
  — Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2023
• Dear Amy: My older brother and I are the last ones left of our immediate family.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 30 June 2023
• The 50-year-old had no immediate family left in the enclave, Issa said.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• Many have lost most, if not all, of their immediate family.
  — Yaqoob Akbary Victor J. Blue, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• My mother was there, her mother was there, the kids were there, our immediate family was there.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
• Farkas and his brother were the only members of his immediate family to survive the camps.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
• Of the current staff of 50, 15 of them are immediate family members.
  — cleveland, 29 July 2023
• At the time of the actress' death, she was surrounded by Hamel, her son Bruce and other members of her immediate family.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
• The government said the program would be for the immediate family members of Haitian and Cuban immigrants in the United States.
  — Julie Watson, ajc, 10 May 2023
• The fifth-in-line to the throne did not see his immediate family before flying out to Germany for the start of his Invictus Games in Dusseldorf.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• People can be put on the list via a court order, at their own request, or the request of a concerned member of their immediate family.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
• The reasons stated in the order included that Ballot can meet the needs of Chanel Rustad, has a safe home for her and is her immediate family.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Fares Al-Ghoul fled to Egypt with his immediate family, his mother, his sister and her daughters.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• Beyond his immediate family, his work impacted the lives and careers of many girls around the region.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
• Our guest list is 25 people, with half of those being our immediate family.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• In the past, the government has allowed the children of foreign workers to serve in the IDF in exchange for granting status to their immediate family members.
  — The Week Staff, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
• Members can bring immediate family or up to two guests.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
• His immediate family — both parents, three brothers and a sister — were not so lucky.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• Princess Kate is not the only member of Prince William’s immediate family to be diagnosed with cancer.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
• According to the Review-Journal, Dea was an only child and did not have any immediate family.
  — Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• Last year, three significant people in my life passed away: my best friend and two members of my immediate family.
  — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
• My sister and her new husband just sent an email to our immediate family, more or less berating us for not giving them more — or larger — gifts.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
• Stephens and his immediate family are believed to own nearly all the company.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• According to the district website, student absences are only excused if the student is ill or if there’s a death in the immediate family.
  — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Faith Pinho: And so, very, very slowly, over the course of years, Gina started rebuilding a bridge with her immediate family members.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• Claudia was the only remaining immediate family member of the Hall of Famer.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
• In fact, several of his immediate family members have already appeared in promo pics for the show.
  — Women's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
• With no immediate family to look for him, a neighbor, Seema, became his advocate.
  — Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• The flag had a blue star for every immediate family member serving in the armed forces during a period of war or hostility.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2023
• Senior officials from the FBI painted a picture of a shooter who had no friends and his social circle appeared to be limited to his immediate family.
  — Jack Date, ABC News, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024