How to Use fraternal in a Sentence

fraternal

adjective
  • There was a fraternal feeling among the troops.
  • He belonged to a fraternal organization.
  • The boys are fraternal; one has blond hair and one has dark brown hair.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 7 June 2019
  • The fraternal twins each had a talking point ready to go when asked for one.
    — Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Two were implanted in the wife, who gave birth to fraternal twins.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Outbreaks have stemmed at workplaces and at a fraternal club.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The story was pure fiction but the fraternal bond on the big screen was real.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Noah told a fan on Twitter that Chloe and him are fraternal twins.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 3 July 2019
  • Even more remarkable, all three sets of twins are fraternal and include one boy and one girl.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Megan and her fraternal twin Rachel were only 10 years old at the time.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 July 2019
  • During the Joseon era, some believed that fraternal twins were bad luck.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Dannenfelser said the Elks fraternal club took a lot of pride in its design.
    — Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The fraternal twins are a king and queen whose reign brought sunshine and are teaching the world about brotherly love.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Vincent, a fraternal triplet, is set to go home early next week, Barton said.
    — Janelle Walker, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • That didn’t work in Evangelina’s case; not even her fraternal twin sister was a match.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
  • Where fraternal souls sing identical things.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Chirashnya’s children, two sets of fraternal twins, are all fencers.
    — Jasmine Leyva, The Mercury News, 28 May 2017
  • Stir up some kind of fraternal rivalry for her attentions.
    — Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
  • These are fractious times for the fraternal duos of filmmaking.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026
  • In her two decades of life, 399 has given birth to three sets of triplets, one set of fraternal twins, and two single cubs.
    — Todd Wilkinson, National Geographic, 18 May 2017
  • But Assayas is unable to locate the poignancy in that fraternal dance.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The death toll has never been determined but about 20 homes, two churches and a fraternal lodge were burned to the ground.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The banter between Caro and Gottlieb at times seems fraternal.
    — Hillel Italie, ajc, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Still, Hawkins and Mateen have a camaraderie on stage that makes their fraternal bond feel real.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • In the cafeteria, the boys jeer at him, and a light-skinned kid, off to the side, jeers back, an act Elwood takes as fraternal defense.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Zach and his wife Tori welcomed their first child, as did his fraternal twin, Jeremy, and his wife Audrey.
    — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 29 Jan. 2018
  • On the bus to MetLife Stadium, the group banter built to a raucous, fraternal roar.
    — Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Frank has two pets, Pushpaw and Pupshaw, who look like the fraternal-twin offspring of a dachshund and a footstool.
    — Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The film stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms as fraternal twins on a road trip to find their real father.
    — Fortune, 24 Dec. 2017
  • So Wednesday’s practice round — one last on-course tune-up before Thursday’s first round — came with a fraternal feel for those four.
    — Dallas News, 15 June 2022

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