uncle

Example Sentences

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With my dad and my aunt and uncle, Medicaid took everything, including their homes, to pay for nursing-home care.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

By then, her father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool and her uncle, Faisal Malik had taken the five children and fled to Pakistan.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“My uncle took me to see a match. He had won two tickets in a raffle at his job,” Luna says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

She has asked her uncle Dan to walk her down the aisle and will put a cap on what would be her dad's chair at the wedding.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Torak knew that she was missing her uncle, and probably worrying about him too, as he tracked her through the bear-haunted Forest.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver