How to use uncle in a sentence

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More sentences with uncle

• Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.From the entry hunt
• Uncle José has crashed the car again. He ran into a tree.From the entry have
• In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.From the entry marry
• I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.From the entry tact
• My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud.From the entry track
• My uncle is always happy to discharge his tutelary responsibilities towards me.From the entry tutelary
• Uncle Sam needs brave men and women to enlist in the Army.From the entry Uncle Sam
• Convinced that his uncle was a warlock, he rifled through his attic, looking for demonic artifacts.From the entry demonic
• Well I’ll be a monkey's uncle! I would never have thought that tourists would go into space!From the entry I'll be a monkey's uncle
• My uncle was a lovely man, and soft-spoken with his delightful Manx accent.From the entry soft-spoken
• My uncle has been banged up for ten years now; I haven't seen him in five.From the entry banged up
• Her uncle had a large beer can collection showing a lot of regional brewing history.From the entry beer can
• My uncle was a truckdriver. He drove truck for Roadway for years.From the entry drive truck
• He endorsed the note in favor of his uncle who had lent them the money.From the entry in favor of
• My uncle dreamed of getting into an IIT and becoming an engineer.From the entry IIT
• My uncle gambled away his fortune, and now he hardly has a penny to his name.From the entry to one's name
• My geographically challenged uncle stated that France is the capital of Paris.From the entry geographically challenged
• My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.From the entry write
• 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
• I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.From the entry remote
• Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.From the entry collateral
• My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.From the entry run
• Usedn't your uncle to live with you?From the entry usedn't to
• I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.From the entry nutrition
• He inherited a substantial amount of money from his uncle.From the entry substantial
• I remember many visits from my uncle Bud.From the entry bud
• After the uncle died they sold off most of his rustbuckets to a scrapper and kept one to fix up.From the entry scrapper
• Our uncle is always being a jokester and cracking jokes about how much he eats and makes messes.From the entry jokester
• Insert the plug, press the switch, and Bob's your uncle.From the entry Bob's your uncle
• We are going to send our son away to live with his uncle in America for a year.From the entry send away
• My uncle got roughed up by some corporate thugs after they caught him trying to unionize their workers.From the entry unionize
• My aunt and uncle lived in a leafily attractive suburb.From the entry leafily
• I used to be very poor, but my uncle died and I unexpectedly came into some property in London.From the entry come into
• My uncle is on the committee.From the entry committee
• My uncle is a classic-car junkie.From the entry junkie
• 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
• His uncle passed on last year.From the entry pass on
• My uncle is a practicing dentist.From the entry practicing

Meaning of uncle

1. noun The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
2. noun The male cousin of one’s parent.
3. noun Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.

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• Uncle in Hindi
• Uncle in Tamil
• Uncle in Marathi
• Uncle in Urdu

Questions about uncle in a sentence

How do you use uncle in a sentence?

Uncle is used as a noun, interjection and verb. For example: “Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.”

What is a short sentence with uncle?

“His uncle passed on last year.”

What does uncle mean?

Uncle means the brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.