How to Use aunt in a Sentence

aunt

noun
  • He has three aunts and two uncles.
  • This is my Aunt Mary.
  • The aunt was quite strict with him.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Pittman didn’t speak in court, but his aunt did.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Among those killed was González’s aunt.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Ask your great aunt from Iowa about that one.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • She was raised by her aunt and uncle.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Not just any perm mind you, but a home perm in my aunt’s kitchen.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
  • Then her aunt and uncle died a few days apart.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Tyson shook his head and nodded as his aunt spoke.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • My aunt worked as a hair stylist at a salon for years.
    — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But that home did not take care of all that the aunts needed.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • My mother held my dead aunt’s sons—my cousins—and cried.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • My aunt grabbed me in her right hand and my brother in her left.
    — John D. Pearse, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
  • In the book, her aunt died, but Stephen knows that’s not true.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Smith's nephew was 2 years old when his aunt was murdered.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • His aunt was Castro’s first wife.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • My aunt was the one in the hospital.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Vance was seated next to his aunt and uncle.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
  • My aunts both asked for the recipe after trying it.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Being an aunt is such a precious role.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • My mom and aunts still live in that neighborhood.
    — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • When your aunt asks you to bring a vegetable casserole.
    — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
  • How foster care failed my aunts and uncles.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • Hurst’s mother and aunt watched the hearing via a video feed.
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2022
  • All my aunts and uncles are teachers.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
  • My aunt is watching her calories too.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The heat in the car is like an aunt who does not stop smothering us.
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Fear didn’t stop my aunt from getting into the back of that truck.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The boy and his aunt seemed unsurprised.
    — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025

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