How to Use little brother/sister in a Sentence
little brother/sister
noun-
Jael was run over by the rear tires of the truck, and her little sister was thrown to the pavement, cops said.
— Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024 -
At the end of Tar Beach, the girl tells her little brother that anyone can fly.
— Andrew Limbong, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024 -
At least that’s the case for me, a little sister, myself.
— Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024 -
The Cards weren’t going to stand for that ‘little brother’ talk any more.
— C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2023 -
The oldest was 6 and the baby was 2, as was my little brother.
— Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024 -
In the video, the kids rocks back and forth in unison, while True pulls her little brother in even closer.
— Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Then the 10-year-old ran across the grass to her little sister, tilting her head to show how her face sparkled in the sunlight.
— Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Austin’s little brother popped five homers in spring training to tie for the team lead and seemed to be ready to do big things in Triple-A.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2023 -
What’s a little brother good for, if not to hand over some equipment?
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 11 June 2023 -
For Antonio, the little brother who looked up to Domonique, that thought is too much to bear.
— Gina Barton, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2023 -
From the age of 7, she was expected to tend to her little brother and make charcoal to sell.
— Peter Yeung, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2024 -
Her little sister, Geianna, was the first baby born at the home.
— Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2023 -
The boy walked his little sister home from school every day.
— Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 23 Apr. 2024 -
Jet, which had more than a million subscribers, was the saucy little sister of Ebony.
— Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2024 -
My dad and my little brother are losing their minds in the living room right now, and this is for my dad.
— Bryan West, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024 -
Aaliyah played the big sister very well, [her sister] played the little sister very well.
— Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023 -
The only problem is that her boyfriends tend to make out with her little sister, Spencer.
— EW.com, 9 May 2024 -
What sort of hero gets bodied by his little sister like that?
— Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024 -
Now Humm, who took the reins in 2011, is giving EMP a cooler, younger little sister.
— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Even my little sister is on Chucky, so maybe that’s the genre that keeps us together.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024 -
So there's her friend Midge, there's her little sister Skipper, and then Ken.
— Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023 -
One daughter lay on my right, her little sister on my left, a tumble of heavy limbs and sleep.
— Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023 -
Katz's wide-eyed Max, who would do anything to protect his little sister Dani, is the grounding force of the movie.
— Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023 -
This feels like watching Toonces the Driving Cat take the car out for a spin with her little sister in the passenger seat.
— Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023 -
Jace wants to get revenge for what happened to his little brother Luke.
— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Meanwhile, Finneas, 26, matched his little sister in a head-to-toe black outfit.
— Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024 -
But at one point Venus walked onto the stage alone and joked that she had been asked to host but decided to let her little sister do it.
— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024 -
Venus beat her little sister 6-2, 6-4 to take the first-place prize for the second consecutive year.
— Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023 -
After 35 years, Teen Witch star Robyn Lively‘s biggest fan might just be her little sister.
— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024 -
Another adorable snap featured her and Jupiter, who could be seen kissing her little sister on her forehead.
— Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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