stepsister

Example Sentences

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Dealing with my mother and my stepsister is exhausting and causes me a lot of anxiety.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Hahn: It’s interesting, Mark, because I’ve always felt kind of like basically just invited to the party, so I always have felt like the messy stepsister on the outside looking in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

What I found in this fairy tale is that the stepsister is the most relatable character and has been for thousands of years.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Baena's surviving family includes his mother Barbara Stern and stepfather Roger Stern; father Scott and stepmother Michele Baena; brother Brad Baena; stepsister Bianca Gabay and stepbrother Jed Fluxman.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

Mommy once took me to Harlem to visit my stepsister, Jacqueline, whom we called Jack and who was my father’s daughter by a previous marriage and more like an aunt than a sister.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride