aunt
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
An unexplained catastrophe, and the arrival of mysterious alien beings, have turned British society upside down - and a man and his elderly aunt muddle through on the Kent coast.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Isaiah’s aunt, Charlene, said in court this week that her 8-year-old nephew was mischievous, often sneaking food in the middle of the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Somehow, he’d already heard that he was the chief suspect, but he adamantly denied involvement in the crime against his aunt and uncle.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sharma is the second of five children born to parents who immigrated to Racine, Wis., from New Zealand, to join her aunt, whose husband owned a metal fabrication company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
My aunt glances in her direction a few times but doesn’t correct her table manners.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
“You don’t have mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and uncles ... we needed help,” said Rudy, who moved to L.A. from New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Their small apartment filled quickly with my father’s siblings—my aunts and uncles—and their children, my cousins.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
The children met their aunts, uncles and cousins.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“They were kind of like our aunts and uncles. And sometimes being young kids and mischievous and stuff, we were almost like the entertainment for them I think,” she told CNN.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
“The aunts are wrong. You’re having a boy. And you are not ugly.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
