friend of the family

Example Sentences

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Norman Lear, a friend of the family, disagreed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

After the story was published, a man who claimed to be a friend of the family pointed me to Erik’s TikTok account.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Andy was adopted by Eileen and Iain Yearley after he had been found in the Saigon orphanage by a friend of the family.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

The victims were a Canadian couple and their dog, according to Kim Titchener, the founder of Bear Safety and More and also a friend of the family.

From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2023

Mr. Knightley, a sensible man about seven or eight-and-thirty, was not only a very old and intimate friend of the family, but particularly connected with it, as the elder brother of Isabella’s husband.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen