How to Use stepsister in a Sentence

stepsister

noun
  • In fairy tales, princes are charming and stepsisters are wicked.
    — Stmichaelschool, cleveland.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • There are some new characters, and one of the stepsisters has a streak of nice.
    — John Orr, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
  • My stepsister and her mom are upset because their young girls won’t be able to come.
    — Houston Chronicle, 15 June 2018
  • The rest of us are the ugly stepsister, struggling to fit into the shoe.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Cinderella with one vile stepsister would be locked in a zero-sum game.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • My stepsister-in-law gave me the loveliest little ring dish that has lived next to my bed ever since.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021
  • His cousin and stepsister had also lost their homes, and were now staying wit him, outside the city.
    — Ian Lovett, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The girl was ordered to eat dinner in her room and not allowed to play games or watch movies with her stepsisters.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The pair met through Guyton's best friend, who is Savoy's stepsister.
    — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2022
  • Police said a 17-year-old found dead in the suspect’s home was his stepsister.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Cinderella’s stepsisters cut off pieces of their feet to fit into the glass slipper.
    — Heather Walter, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Oslo police said the victim is the 17-year-old stepsister of the suspect.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • There are also two stepsisters, neither ugly but one quite bratty.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But two stepsisters are a chorus, a camp against which she is heroically positioned.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Through the years, Vicente acquires a new partner and a new daughter, the girls’ stepsister.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank and an Auschwitz survivor, has died.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
  • In one photo, Leah could be seen smiling next to her stepsister, who wore a birthday sash and kissed her sister on the cheek.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Her daughter went to live with the girl’s father and her stepsister adopted her sons, now 12 and 13.
    — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • For six years, Sebastian lived in her 70-year-old stepsister’s living room.
    — Charlotte Kramon, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • She is survived by them, as well as her brother and his wife, her stepsister and her husband, her stepbrothers and her nieces and nephews.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Her foray into the field came from stepsister Lilly, who invited her to be a part of her first daughter's birth.
    — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The pair met through the actress' best friends, Sara and Erin, who are also Fujikawa's stepsisters.
    — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The Holy Family stands watch over him, his stepmother, and his stepsister from a carving on the wall.
    — Cincinnati.com, 4 June 2018
  • Kimberly Jackson, 38, was on a walk with her stepsister and two daughters near the area where the woman was found.
    — Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 24 June 2022
  • The police say Lindquist was to let Correa and his stepsister into the home to steal guns in exchange for a payoff in heroin.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 19 May 2021
  • But the stepsister started yelling, accusing her of always excluding her and calling her a bridezilla.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But after Sophie’s father dies, she’s forced to become a maid herself by her wicked stepmother and stepsisters.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Then Adriana’s stepsister, Tiffany Bañuelos, had the idea that maybe Adriana could do them.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The couple met in June 2012 on a blind date in New York arranged by the bride’s stepsister.
    — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2017
  • And of course, there’s its Korean stepsister, the Kia EV2.
    — New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026

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