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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