brethren

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

These days, Greenlanders are shocked by how few words their brethren can speak in their ancestral tongue—and by the poverty of Native Americans in Alaska.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Yes, the big four—JPMorgan Chase, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America—are still formidable, but in many cases they’ve been eclipsed, particularly as compensation-making machines, by their private-market brethren and their multigenerational wealth-creating fee structures.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

In 1888, when it was already of Social Security age, the newest landowner, a Mr. Saunders, moved it and two of its brethren to ornament the entrance to the Southern Pacific’s Arcade train depot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

His other brethren form up behind him, dancing and somersaulting with the zeal of acrobats at a carnival.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir