How to Use sister-in-law in a Sentence

sister-in-law

noun
  • His wife and sister-in-law promised to be on hand for the event.
    Robert Leonard, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Fun fact: Her sister-in-law, Meghan Markle, owns the same shoes.
    Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 13 May 2023
  • Travis Kelce is lucky to have a sister-in-law like Kylie Kelce.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • My sister-in-law has lived with my in-laws for four years.
    Dear Annie, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Her sister-in-law wants more time with her teenage sons.
    Belinda Luscombe / Boston, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Flossie taught her sister-in-law Lela Clardy how to cook, Blake Clardy said.
    Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Trey will be making that up to his maybe sister-in-law for a very long time.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Worried, her sister-in-law took her and the baby to look for him at his work.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
  • My brother and sister-in-law order them by the six-pack.
    Carey Polis, Bon Appétit, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Recently, my sister-in-law went ahead and stripped the sheets.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Kim owns 30%, while her brother and sister-in-law own the other 70%.
    Cheyenne Devon,eric Clark, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
  • His sister-in-law, Nancy Kelsey, is believed to have stitched the first bear flag.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are thinking of their sister-in-law from afar.
    Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For the sisters-in-law, the relaunch of Domaine Curry has been a long time coming.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Elisabeth and Sarah, the mother of Jon, are sisters-in-law.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2024
  • Mother-to-be Christine Cho loves this one that her sister-in-law gave her.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In one of the video clips, the Burlesque star could be seen posing for photos with her brother and sister-in-law at the event.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Quinn’s sister-in-law served as an officiant and the couple wrote their own vows.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Kelce’s parents and brother and sister-in-law, Jason and Kylie Kelce, also were in the suite.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Your brother and sister-in-law forced this issue, and the overall result seems to be a very good one for you.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
  • For my 80th birthday, my sister-in-law gave me two flour-sack dish towels.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • My good friend Sarah struggled with this same issue with her sister-in-law.
    Kristina Behr, Parents, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Ethel, 96, is the sister-in-law of former President John F. Kennedy.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Twice, in front of his wife and our sister-in-law, Logan pulled me tightly close into his hips.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Richins and her sister-in-law have been in a legal battle over the trust and estate since Eric Richins' death.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 24 May 2023
  • Either way, Gayle and Greer are 100 percent on board with making Joan a sister-in-law.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The digital of a cathedral becomes a woozy sister-in-law.
    Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • My wife, sister-in-law, mother, sisters, and children travel to the camp by car.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • When Wilhelm married, Jacob lived with his brother and new sister-in-law.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The bride recently went wedding dress shopping, accompanied by her mom, maid of honor, future mother-in-law and future sister-in-law.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024

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