uncle

Example Sentences

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After their exchange, the uncle was "very quiet… and left early", Sina says.

From BBC

"I tried to convince him to move back to Nepal, but he said he liked his job in Abu Dhabi, and that he had a good life," his uncle Ramesh told the BBC.

From BBC

“I know he’s my actual uncle, but why can’t he stay where the other strays do?”

From Literature

“But why would you say I reminded you of your stuffed dead uncle?”

From Literature

His father and uncles were in the cattle business, but it was soon apparent that young Larry, who was slight and frail, had no future in ranching.

From The Wall Street Journal