be one of the family

Example Sentences

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During the balance of that day he treated the wounded man just as though the intruder might be one of the family.

From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan

I am one among our innumerable American teachers, reared on the Atlantic coast but admitted for this year to be one of the family at Stanford.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

And now she is to be one of the family she is so much more at her ease.

From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne

The king said "thou" to him because he was going to be one of the family.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

But how came Bernhard to be one of the family?

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav