aunt

Example Sentences

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So my family decided to send me to live with my second aunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Spalding was born in 1850 in Byron, Ill. His widowed mother sent him at age 11 to live with his aunt and uncle in nearby Rockford, where he first played baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Ellis and Tom are shipped off to Vietnam, leaving June and her newborn with June’s mom and aunt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He also suggested she took advantage of her aunt, which she denied.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Danny wondered how she could possibly know everything he was thinking, but he remembered what Glory had said about her aunt having seen many things.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova