niece

Example Sentences

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In August Alex Salmond's niece said the family was determined to "defend his name" in legal action against the Scottish government.

From BBC

The writer lived and worked in her childhood home in Jackson, Miss.—tending to her camellias, doting on her nieces and quietly presiding for many years as the matriarch of Southern letters.

From The Wall Street Journal

She expects to spend the most on her nieces and nephews.

From The Wall Street Journal

To have my niece there as well in her first international was very special for me.

From BBC

Forty percent of her estate was then bequeathed to her niece, the report noted, meaning that if the painting were to be sold, a portion of the revenue would legally belong to her niece’s children.

From New York Times