How to Use great-uncle in a Sentence

great-uncle

noun
  • This prompts Phan’s great-uncle to nod and smile.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
  • Who wants your great-uncle to be your landlord?
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • My strong great-uncle, swinging from the rafters, lost weight.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • My great-aunt and great-uncle had built this house along with my grandfather.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • In addition, my great-uncle Klaus lived here.
    — Leonie Rolinck, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2026
  • That included his great-uncle’s home.
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Kline does not have high expectations that his great-uncle will among those identified.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Kline does not have high expectations that his great-uncle will among those identified.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Carrick’s great-uncle John played for Millwall.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Life on the line For most of the '60s, my great-aunt and great-uncle lived in Detroit.
    — Jackie Charniga, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
  • My niece knows her great-grandfather and great-uncle both graduated from there.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • One of those men was Woodfin's eighth great-uncle, Henry Dearborn.
    — Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
  • Sally and Raymond Haik were Dunn’s great-aunt and great-uncle.
    — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • My great-uncle, Daniel Green, has a reservoir named after him in Saskatchewan.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
  • So was exuding pride, even behind a humble hot dog stand, which was how his great-uncle Pat got his start.
    — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Their grandfather, Louis Polidori, and great-uncle took over and ran the store for decades.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The issue is that his great-uncle jilted my great-aunt at the altar in the 1970s.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • My great-uncle Nathan had remarkably full lips, almost purple in color.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
  • In 1918, her great-uncle was killed in the trenches of World War I.
    — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Coogler never knew his grandfather; his great-uncle is now also deceased, but as a youth Coogler spent a lot of time with him.
    — Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • His maternal great-uncle was none other than Sitting Bull.
    — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
  • On the Wall of the Missing, her great-uncle’s name is now marked with a rosette, indicating that he has been found.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
  • Two of Cordero’s great-uncles were abducted in 1973 and never found.
    — Pascale Bonnefoy, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And, of course, his late grandfather Paul and his great-uncle Martin both played for Palace in the top flight.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But there’s also the one from the trial — when Till’s great-uncle is identifying the men who murdered his nephew.
    — Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
  • His great-uncle, Isaac Fuller, said the family had just buried Fuller’s mother in May.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
  • Kevin Kline, a real estate agent in northern Virginia, said he was always told that his great-uncle's remains were on the ship.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Kevin Kline, a real estate agent in northern Virginia, said he was always told that his great-uncle's remains were on the ship.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • My great-uncle remembers his grandfather as a large and commanding presence, nearly seven feet tall in his casket.
    — Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Including Brayboy’s great-uncle’s home.
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025

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