be one of the family

Example Sentences

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He was quite ready to take his wife back, to abstain from accusations against her, to let her be one of the family, but he was as eager as ever to repudiate the Dean.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

Oh, if she is going to be one of the family," he said, "she will have to learn to get on without much polly-foxing.

From A Daughter of the Land by Stratton-Porter, Gene

He should be one of the family, living on equal terms with the others, and their constant companion.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

Mr. Jensen would be one of the family.

From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson

So Isabella went on learning what it was to be one of the family, and becoming, as Mrs. Lester remarked, a very experienced seamstress.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various