How to use niece in a sentence

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• In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.From the entry marry
• Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.From the entry collateral
• My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire.From the entry hail from
• I just love my nieces to pieces.From the entry to pieces
• Ryan Kohnke attended the parade with his two daughters to see his 11-year-old niece Jessalyn Torres dance.2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old…. From the entry Torres
• It is not that my seven-year-old niece does not know what a teacher is.2021, Catherine McCrory, “Inferentialism in History Education: Locating the ‘Power’ and the ‘Knowledge’ by Thinking About what It is for a…. From the entry knowledgeful
• Box said that Howard's nieces and nephews, who were in the backyard, were watching as this unfolded.2018 September 21, Ariel Zilber, “Shocking moment father and son are caught on camera gunning down and killing their neighbor in a row…. From the entry pappa bear
• Her only relative was a niece in Boston, who arranged for a local lawyer to liquidate Mrs.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad […], New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry liquidate
• 'For goodness sakes, Ray,' Aunty Bea exclaimed exasperated, 'haven't you noticed the state of your niece?'2014, Anne McCullagh Rennie, Reach for the Dream, →ISBN. From the entry for goodness' sakes
• Now I gotta go buy some educational toys my nieces will hate!"2012 December 27, Karolina Dean...Big money STILL weaves a mighty web..., quoting an article by Laura Beck, “Are Friendship Bracelet Kits…. From the entry gchat
• She has X Generation siblings, four Y Generation nieces and nephews and a Z Generation daughter.2010, Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Donna Pendergast, Tourism and Generation Y, page ix. From the entry X Generation
• I had decided to take them, my niece, and three nephews to Disney in Orlando, FL.2009, Cleo Stinyard III, Sex, Love, & Consequences, →ISBN, page 213. From the entry Disney
• No one knew that she had someone in mind for him, her niece.2009, Alda Jarrett, Sweet Sugar and Rocky Road, page 27. From the entry baby mother
• Their guan beaks, coupled dovelings, the poorotten, leafing their livers, nieces of the cloud . . .2007, César Vallejo, Clayton Eshleman, The Complete Poetry. From the entry doveling
• I rather enjoyed it, but my niece said Audrey Hepburn was a “bubblehead”.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN. From the entry bubblehead
• Thanks to my niece, Sarah, who enjoys reading, writing, telling funny jokes and doing things s-d-r-a-w-k-c-a-b.2004 [2003], Robert P. Miles, Warren Buffett Wealth: Principles and Practical Methods Used by the World's Greatest Investor (e-book)…. From the entry sdrawkcab
• You don't mind giving me a line of introduction to your niece?1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry line
• She's the stiff's niece,” another cop answered.2020, Libba Bray, The King of Crows, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN. From the entry tomato
• I showed a draft of this book to one of my nieces and she declared it “too mathy.”2009, Bob Dancer, Video Poker for the Intelligent Beginner, page 7. From the entry mathy
• My nephew and nieces hardly knew their maternal grandparents.2001 May 27, GOtterBMe, “Is there a time when you give up on your relatives?”, in alt.support.attn-deficit (Usenet), archived from the…. From the entry paternal
• He is survived by his devoted wife Alexandra, daughter Valery Luce Cristol, brothers Herbert and Adrian, nieces, nephews and their families.2001 February 15, “[Paid Notice: Deaths] Solomon, Samuel M.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry Valery
• Domitilla, Flavia, niece of the emperor Domitian (81-96).1995, Richard P. McBrien, editor, The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, HarperCollins, →ISBN, keyword Domitilla, Flavia, page 431. From the entry atheism
• Ring bearer and bearess were Larry and Mary Lynn Ayers, Springfield, Va., nephew and niece of the bridegroom.1968 April 3, “Greencastle Girl Marries In Arlington, Virginia”, in The Morning Herald, volume XCIV, number 80, Hagerstown, Md.. From the entry bearess
• And the miser’s niece unrabbited her uncle.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 68. From the entry untruss
• But Warren came with my mother the very next day, in his Bill Cosby sweater and pleated khaki pants, ready to meet his niece.2014, Sarah Healy, House of Wonder, New American Library, →ISBN. From the entry Bill Cosby sweater
• Sixteen-year-old Caitlin — and all our nieces and sisters and friends — need to grow up in a culture that prizes difference, not conformity.2006, Suzanne Holland, “The Integrity Conundrum”, in Carol Taylor, Roberto Dell'Oro, editors, Health And Human Flourishing: Religion…. From the entry Caitlin
• Mike Mulvaney Jr. with the caramel-colored hair—very pregnant—again—and her little girl Chrissy, my firstborn niece, for whom my heart always gave a lurch.1996, Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys, Harper Perennial, published 2007, →ISBN, pages 389, 440. From the entry Vicky
• Miss Hulda Emma Wood, a district secretary for the State Health Department, died here yesterday at the home of her niece, Mrs.1950 July 26, “Miss Hulda E. Wood”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Hulda
• It suggests a prim aunt playing “proverbs” with a sofaful of priggish little nieces, and is a studied insult to cards and chess.1921 September 24, Raymund Allen, “From My Study: Mental Recreation”, in Western Mail, number 16,326, page 9. From the entry sofaful
• Rick was also a beloved brother, brother in law, nephew, cousin and uncle to many nieces and nephews as well as 'Grunkle' to Josh, Jordan, Alexys and Elyse.2021, “Obituary: Richard Williams”, in Vancouver Sun. From the entry grunkle
• One of my correspondents uses the idiolect form "nephlings" to refer collectively to her niece and nephew, but points out that even this derives from the masculine form.[1992, The Bible Translator, volume 43, United Bible Societies. From the entry nephling
• It was just a brief kiss, one that even Bernadine would have thought entirely appropriate between an uncle and niece had she happened to see it.1990, Candace Schuler, Wildcat, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 194. From the entry Stacey
• The miser’s niece was there all right, seated on a little stool with straw in her hair and reading a monkish scroll by the light of a tallow dip.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 66. From the entry dip

Meaning of niece

1. noun A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
2. noun A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law.

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Questions about niece in a sentence

How do you use niece in a sentence?

Niece is used as a noun. For example: “My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.”

What is a short sentence with niece?

“And the miser’s niece unrabbited her uncle.”

What does niece mean?

Niece means a daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").