aunt

Example Sentences

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Cassidy maintained she had not conned her aunt.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

In his closing speech, Cunningham spoke of Cassidy even pretending to be her aunt during phone calls in connection with payments to be made.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“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

“Isn’t it, Edda?” my aunt is saying, her hand firmly on my elbow, trying to draw me back into the conversation that I have abandoned.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse