How to Use brother in a Sentence

brother

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  • We must support our brothers and sisters fighting overseas.
  • Yes, the Cougars and Beavers just beat the rest of their Pac-12 brethren in court.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Her 2017 film, To the Bone, starred her brother and Lily Collins.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Aly Miller’s brother, Zach, was the point guard on that 2011 team.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • In the brothers’ view, the Hamas attack was inevitable.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • In the photo, three brothers, guns in hand, stand in front of their parents, ready to protect the place.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
  • His younger brother and the 27-year-old driver of the Nissan were injured.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • All eight of his brothers have had the disease, and two of them, as well as his father, have died from it.
    — Robin Cole, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • He cannot be tamed and leaves his brother’s widow and his home behind.
    — Sara C. Hahn, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
  • And then my brother died before my mom, who died about a month later.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • All reminders of that day, one year ago, when Yarl was shot while trying to pick up his brothers.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Carrick’s older brother, Sam, was a three-year captain of the Gulls who’s now entrenched with the Ducks.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Soldiers in one of the vehicles shot Abu al-Rub’s brother.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Thurlow and his brother, Steve, were two of the brightest stars to play under Embrey.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Martin, whose brother Cody plays for the Hornets, was waived by the Hornets before signing with the Heat.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • In 2015, his brother revealed that most of the dialogue had been recorded by the time Farley died.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The Coen brothers aren't finished making movies…on their own, at least.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 June 2023
  • In 2000, the Chae brothers came to his office and asked him to design a shopping center in Lynwood in the style of a Mexican town.
    — Héctor Tobar Deb Leal, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • One pair of twin brothers visited the park in 1965 and had their picture taken with Mickey Mouse.
    — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • Excluding the votes owned by Musk and his brother, 73% of the shares voting in that election supported the pay package.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The actor’s work with the Coen brothers had honed his gifts for heedless confidence and rapid banter, both of which Foxy has in spades.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
  • Adrienne’s husband and David’s brother, Keith Siegel, 64, is still believed to be held by Hamas.
    — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Ivan and his brother attempted to flee the city on foot toward an unoccupied part of Ukraine.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Malia White made her first public appearance on Friday since her brother Jayseph died last month at the age of 34.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
  • But a week or so later, riding my bike home from my brother’s house, my child in the seat behind me, there was a high school boyfriend, crossing MLK in his bike too.
    — oregonlive, 13 June 2023
  • Broder had to stand up and explain that, at the last minute, her brother had taken her to Sacramento to visit a relative.
    — Peggy Orenstein, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Having lost touch with his brother the previous year, Vazquez fell into an abyss of guilt.
    — Anna Guaracao, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Tom and Nick Grote are twin brothers who earned a bachelor’s in accounting and then a master’s degree in 2021.
    — Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • My younger brother has a big cabin and hosts annual deer hunting events.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • He was preceded in death by a brother, Turkay Erozan, and a sister, Darrin Nadi.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023

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