cousin

Example Sentences

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“Oh, let’s see…this week my sister put her phone through the dishwasher, my mom lost all her passwords, and a Norwegian prince wanted to leave his fortune to my cousin.”

From Literature

This scene made me think of the time I asked my cousin — a resident of a small town in Illinois similar to Benton — if he was on Instagram, and he answered, “I don’t think so.”

From Salon

And they always come alone, which means I no longer get to spend time with my little cousin Miriam, who is Raquel’s daughter.

From Literature

Irons was described as a "beautiful, loving and caring daughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend" by her family.

From BBC

Only the frothiness in its junior cousin, silver, has been more extreme, which my colleague Ian Salisbury wrote this past week “may be a reason to steer clear.”

From Barron's