How to Use half sister in a Sentence

half sister

noun
  • Emily is my half sister.
  • There were half sisters and died from different cancers a month apart.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
  • He is survived by his half sister, Tita Junker, and a nephew.
    — Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 31 May 2021
  • As the oldest child, Braiden grew up taking care of a half sister and half brother.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
  • She is survived by four children, her nine siblings, two half sisters and two half brothers.
    — Arash Azizi, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
  • In my final one the girl finds out that the master’s daughter who she’s been enslaved to is her half sister.
    — Maria Russo, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Farah, 4, loved to ride the bicycle gifted to her by an older half sister.
    — Sima Diab, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Mary has never forgiven him and never sees him — never even met his new wife or her half sister.
    — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 9 Mar. 2018
  • My other half sister, Bonnie, was the one who persuaded me to take the test.
    — Daniel Loedel, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2021
  • The cousin put him in touch with his half sister, who then contacted their mother, Dennis said.
    — Meagan Flynn, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
  • Rounder’s family includes her mother and her half sister.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Five of the couple’s friends, as well as her half sister and his brother, entered the studio and gathered to watch.
    — Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The beneficiaries are now Keough and her two younger half sisters.
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The duchess’ father and half sister also spoke out after the interview — and didn’t have the nicest things to say about it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2021
  • While the case advanced in court, Jackie gave birth last June to Zachary’s half sister.
    — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 5 June 2019
  • His mother died not long after, placing him in the care of a half sister from his dad’s side who was nearly as old as his mother.
    — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The half sisters have since seen each other several times, meeting in restaurants between their homes.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 16 June 2018
  • When his half sister Lisa Donato was born, Cody, then 7, helped take care of her.
    — Thomas Curwen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Broomfield’s younger half sister, Pamela Clark, had a different kind of regret.
    — Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The grieving girl moved in with her newlywed half sister, Elizabeth.
    — Marjoleine Kars, Washington Post, 25 July 2019
  • Huber, who turned 26 four days before he was killed, grew up in a small house with his mother, his aunt, a half sister and half brother.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Meghan Markle has been given a key court date for the libel lawsuit her half sister filed accusing her of a smear campaign.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • His half sisters had come and gone between Mexico and the United States.
    — Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2018
  • Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed.
    — Robert Bumsted, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Ben never even meets Emma, Ross' daughter with Rachel and Ben's half sister.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Isen brought along her two mothers, her biological father, who was a sperm donor for the couple, and nine of her half brothers and half sisters.
    — Matthew Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2020
  • The music is about grief in many forms, including the loss of her half sister Emily, who passed in June 2023.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
  • The novel in part consists of Lucy’s letters to her sister (or possibly half sister) Andrea, who has long since left the convent.
    — Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Even Liz and Prue, half sisters whose relationship had been punctuated by epic screaming fights, found common ground.
    — Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
  • While Garrison Brown may be gone, his half sister Ysabel Brown is looking to the stars to keep his memory alive.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024

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