uncle
Example Sentences
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The previous summer I had stayed with my uncle in Florida and watched HBO comedy specials.
Sir Simon said his interest in plants dates to the 1970s when his uncle brought back seeds from the Far East and he volunteered on a local nature reserve.
From BBC
They phoned an uncle who had ties with the security services and had helped arrange Kharouf’s amnesty papers years earlier.
Her uncle, Louis Edwards, was the chairman of the club from 1965.
From BBC
In Nairobi, the boy was permitted to carry his uncle’s toolbox—though it was years before he was allowed to use the tools.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
