aunt

Example Sentences

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“She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those rolls with grace and a kind ferocity,” Molly Schrader wrote in her post.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

"You know: my cat's got a disease, my dog's got a disease, my aunt has got a disease."

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Her aunt in Anchorage even texted to let Sullivan know that news of her protest had reached Alaska.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

His 60-year-old aunt Caroline Munro travels to visit him in the Northampton facility every month.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

His aunt didn’t ask who the friend was, or say she was glad he’d made a friend, or ask to talk to the parents.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman