aunt
Example Sentences
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At more than $18,000 a year, Greenside’s property-tax bill is far higher than the $1,100 his aunt paid annually.
But the author’s sympathies extend well beyond the girls to the stalwart, fiercely protective aunt and grandmother who raise them, plus the many people who help shape their late adolescence and early adulthood.
Lizzie worried that her mother and aunts could be accused of playing tricks.
From Literature
One of his aunts who is from Tepatitlán and a U.S. citizen tried to return to California on Sunday, but the vehicle she was traveling in was blocked on its way to the airport.
From Los Angeles Times
Her aunt died in a landslide and her cousin was found alive but died at a hospital.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
