brethren

Example Sentences

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Many say Israel’s democracy is tarnished by its military rule over their brethren in the West Bank and the discrimination they themselves face.

From Seattle Times

Humans are instinctively drawn to the heady, pungent aroma of the escaping soul of fire, the mastery of which fundamentally separates us from our animal brethren.

From Seattle Times

It’s not surprising that big drug companies are less innovative than their smaller brethren.

From Washington Post

This change is only partially accomplished through predation itself: Once predators enter a landscape, prey learn to fear the places their brethren have been killed and spend less time grazing in those areas.

From Science Magazine

Throughout much of the war, Qaeda fighters were largely seen as battlefield advisers among their insurgent brethren and experts at roadside bomb construction and suicide attacks.

From New York Times