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How to use aunt in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Aunt means the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. Example: “My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."”

More sentences with aunt

  • My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."From the entry one
  • My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.From the entry remember
  • My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery.From the entry nurse
  • No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.From the entry come
  • George embarrassed his aunt by answering the door in his birthday suit.From the entry birthday suit
  • Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary.From the entry kindly
  • My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow.From the entry bungalow
  • My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died.From the entry kinder
  • You should write in to the agony aunt; she'll sort it out for you.From the entry agony aunt
  • I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems—I never wanted to be an agony aunt!From the entry agony aunt
  • I went to pay my last respects to my aunt, who has cancer.From the entry last respects
  • When his rich aunt died, he was crying all the way to the bank.From the entry cry all the way to the bank
  • Aunt Flo came to visit last night: that's why I was so ratty.From the entry Aunt Flo
  • They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.From the entry moon
  • After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.From the entry parent
  • Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.From the entry collateral
  • My aunt couldn’t walk up the stairs in her condition.From the entry condition
  • My aunt asked for just a drop more tea.From the entry drop
  • I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.From the entry sign
  • Her favorite Chanukah memories were of eating latkes and sour cream while her mother gossiped with the aunts and cousins.From the entry latke
  • My aunt has a degree in biochemistry.From the entry biochemistry
  • Jim's aunt uses only watercolours to paint her pictures.From the entry watercolour
  • My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.From the entry widow
  • Her aunt played the numbers every day for years.From the entry numbers
  • I really should call on my aunt more often.From the entry call on
  • After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.From the entry custodian
  • My old fussbudget aunt had a very preachy manner and would prattle on about the dangers of alcohol and other vices.From the entry preachy
  • My aunt considered all of Europe to be heathendom, and refused to visit us in Amsterdam on religious grounds.From the entry heathendom
  • He was expecting a large inheritance from a well-off aunt.From the entry well-off
  • Aunt Bessy's Easter ham is always lip-smacking good.From the entry lip-smacking
  • Aunt Bessy's Easter ham is always lip-smackingly good.From the entry lip-smackingly
  • My aunt and uncle lived in a leafily attractive suburb.From the entry leafily
  • Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.From the entry parental
  • My aunt would bring a stack of torrid bodice rippers with her to the beach, and would unfailingly blush if disturbed in her reading.From the entry bodice ripper
  • Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation.From the entry vinegary
  • Jim's aunt is an avid watercolourist.From the entry watercolourist
  • Although my uncle likes to travel, my aunt is a homebody, so he usually comes with us while she stays home with her cats.From the entry homebody
  • Camila and aunt Maria sat in silence at first, letting their tears stream unchecked.2015, Patrick Jones, Guarding Secrets, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry in the front row
  • Aunt Lucia’s hands caressing my cheek or the quick motion of patting my hair.2015, Audrey Ward, “Minot, North Dakota 1949: Marketing Revival”, in Hidden Biscuits: Tales of Deep South Revivals Told by Heart, Eugene…. From the entry nalesnik
  • Aunt Mary Braley stood at the bedside, all apuff from the long climb up the stairs.2014, Jessie Haas, Westminster West. From the entry apuff

Meaning of aunt

  1. noun The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
  2. noun The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
  3. noun A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

Full definition of aunt

Questions about aunt in a sentence

How do you use aunt in a sentence?
Aunt is used as a noun. For example: “My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."”
What is a short sentence with aunt?
“Jim's aunt is an avid watercolourist.”
What does aunt mean?
Aunt means the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aunt (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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