How to Use niece in a Sentence
niece
noun- If he's my uncle, then I'm his niece.
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Your nieces and nephews think the world of you, enjoy the day!
— Good Housekeeping, 17 Apr. 2023 -
Of course an uncle and a niece falling in love would be the wish of the gods.
— Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 2 Oct. 2022 -
The cause was long-term heart disease, a niece, Noreen Austin, said.
— Douglas Martin, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023 -
Chad Baus told Dateline the same thing about his niece.
— Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022 -
Singsanong and her niece are always stressing about the rent.
— Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023 -
Boudreaux was married to Melanie Pawlowski, Lori's niece, at the time.
— Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023 -
The duo met first in 2016 at a wedding for the Holidate star's niece.
— Caitlyn Hitt, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 -
Budding chefs will love these too—my 12-year-old niece is a big fan.
— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024 -
But the worst of it has been trying to make sense of why the bullet injured her niece and not her.
— Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023 -
The homeowner was out of town and said her niece was allowed to stay there.
— Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024 -
Butts said the move was made with his son, daughter and a niece who lives with the family in mind.
— Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022 -
Epstein is Christie's niece, The Times-Picayune reports.
— Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2022 -
My teenage niece and nephew for a long time would just make fun of us by typing out their tap backs.
— Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024 -
One of the servers said her niece’s teeth marks are still on one of the pews, from the Sunday mornings when the baby sat there, teething.
— Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023 -
Enter: her tween-age niece and nephew, who, with the help of mini sasquatch hoodoo monsters, plot to save the day.
— Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Nov. 2022 -
When Jax loses custody of her niece to the state, the two go on the lam to find Roki's missing mon.
— Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024 -
Shudruk said the decision to let her nephew and niece go was not easy.
— oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023 -
The cause of Greene’s death is not yet known, according to his niece Alana Doornick.
— Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024 -
Danvers and Rambeau, her estranged niece, aren’t on the best terms at the moment.
— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2023 -
His son, niece, and brother’s wife also were among the dozens wounded.
— Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023 -
The cuts are putting a strain on families like Jamillah Smith and her 9-year-old niece.
— Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2023 -
The 15-year-old, who is Blandin's niece, also has a sister who was not home at the time she was taken.
— Carter Evans, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2022 -
McGhee set out with a flashlight to find her niece, who lives next door and did not answer her phone.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2022 -
Her niece Frances Eckman confirmed her death but did not cite a cause.
— Emily Langer, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022 -
In a sign of how small Boston can be, it is managed by Héctor’s niece.
— Marcela García, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Her niece is already here with her boyfriend staying with us.
— Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024 -
Her niece, Hanna Kebbede, confirmed the death but did not give a cause.
— Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023 -
Julie, Gail and David’s youngest sister, loved her niece Tamara.
— Kyani Reid, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2022 -
Cook’s aunt, Annette Cook, said her niece lived in an apartment about a mile away from the shooting scene.
— Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
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