How to Use half brother in a Sentence

half brother

noun
  • George is my half brother.
  • My half brother who lives with him works at a restaurant, so that’s like a high-risk job.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Pete and Seth are half brothers.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Over the years, these girls have been joined in our home by their younger sister and younger half brother.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Her ne’er-do-well half brother, Paul, also craves a fresh start.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2020
  • She is survived by her father and a half brother, Joseph Gabriel.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2019
  • Gayoom is now an ally of the pro-Nasheed coalition and was jailed by his half brother.
    — Bharatha Mallawarachi, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
  • The cause was cancer, said his half brother, Michael Scruggs.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
  • His 21-year-old half brother and his closest childhood friend drove through the night to be there to hug him.
    — New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • As a result, she was cut out of his will and everything will go to her 27-year-old half brother.
    — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 19 July 2018
  • Bezos went to space with his half brother, Mark Bezos, and two other space tourists.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Howey will play Levi, Staten’s (Josh Duhamel) half brother.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Ashley and her older half brother, Hunter, are the two surviving kids.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Grande also tagged her half brother, Frankie Grande, a Broadway and screen star in his own right.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The stranger knocked on the door and introduced himself to my grandfather as his son — my father’s half brother.
    — Rickey Fayne, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • To the best of my knowledge, neither sibling ever believed that Alex was their half brother.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Researchers looked at the number of broods with a half brother or sister, the products of a mother bird's free-loving ways.
    — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2010
  • The episode all but confirms that the Monarch and Doc are related, implied here to be half brothers.
    — Mat Olson, Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • The test revealed that Hellquist, her half brother, and the doctor’s daughter were all siblings.
    — Sarah Treleaven, ELLE, 27 July 2022
  • Conor Philbin, Grange’s half brother, was a two-sport standout at Naperville Central.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Priscilla will serve as trustee for her son, Navarone Garibaldi, who is Lisa Marie's half brother.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • The man, Reuben or Rube or whatever, her brother or half brother or whatever, looked down at the ground.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Roy Bryant was married to Carolyn Bryant, and Milam was his half brother.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Williams, Azari and the baby’s 11-year-old half brother were in the apartment not far from Hulen Mall.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Police found Brian Cornelius and Fessler's 14-year-old half brother shot dead at the house.
    — Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Then there is Tracy Dooley, the ex-wife of the half brother (which makes her Meghan’s former sister-in-law).
    — Sarah Lyall, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
  • She’s built strong relationships with her half brother and sister, who both live in California.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In the epilogue, Mofe’s feckless father attempts to saddle him with the care of Blessing, a much younger half brother.
    — Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The Spartan prince Dorieus left his homeland in a rage after his half brother, Cleomenes, ascended the throne.
    — Evan Allgood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
  • When the wife of one of her half brothers died, many people at the time didn’t believe a man could raise children as a single parent, so they were distributed to his siblings.
    — Lorna Koski, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

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