cousin

Example Sentences

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Around 1 a.m., seven hours after Ashaal failed to return home, a cousin and brother-in-law contacted friends, hospitals and the various security headquarters in Aden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

"He couldn't walk down the street without everybody getting hold of him and wanting to take him in the pub," says his cousin, Rosemary Elmore.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

It wasn’t the first time that Huang had snubbed Su, who is also his first cousin, once removed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

New York got a cousin somewhere in Mississippi, because a lot of us are from the South anyway.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

My cousin jumps up and wipes her ketchup-stained hands on her romper.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller