How to Use immediate family in a Sentence

immediate family

noun
Definition of immediate familynext
  • My sister, who is five years younger than me, is the first in my immediate family to live alone.
    — Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2023
  • That had a tremendous impact on the immediate family and the kids.
    — Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Dear Amy: My older brother and I are the last ones left of our immediate family.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 30 June 2023
  • The 50-year-old had no immediate family left in the enclave, Issa said.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Many have lost most, if not all, of their immediate family.
    — Yaqoob Akbary Victor J. Blue, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • My mother was there, her mother was there, the kids were there, our immediate family was there.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Many of his immediate family still call the city home and are dealing with power outages and lack of clean water.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Farkas and his brother were the only members of his immediate family to survive the camps.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The night before the wedding, the couple held a rehearsal dinner for the bridal party and immediate family at Mr. Chow.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Of the current staff of 50, 15 of them are immediate family members.
    — cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • At the time of the actress' death, she was surrounded by Hamel, her son Bruce and other members of her immediate family.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The uncle came to New Orleans in the aftermath of the attack, as did the victims' immediate family, who flew in from Israel.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The government said the program would be for the immediate family members of Haitian and Cuban immigrants in the United States.
    — Julie Watson, ajc, 10 May 2023
  • The fifth-in-line to the throne did not see his immediate family before flying out to Germany for the start of his Invictus Games in Dusseldorf.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • People can be put on the list via a court order, at their own request, or the request of a concerned member of their immediate family.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
  • The reasons stated in the order included that Ballot can meet the needs of Chanel Rustad, has a safe home for her and is her immediate family.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Hannah has not shared any of this with her immediate family.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Fares Al-Ghoul fled to Egypt with his immediate family, his mother, his sister and her daughters.
    — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Beyond his immediate family, his work impacted the lives and careers of many girls around the region.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Which means, if their home and immediate family is stable, their foundation is solid and all the stuff going on around their home life isn’t in focus.
    — Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Our guest list is 25 people, with half of those being our immediate family.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Most of Hodges’ immediate family were too grief stricken to talk to reporters Friday.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The couple eloped in 2020 with only their immediate family in attendance and Trevor as his brother’s best man.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Born and raised in upstate New York, Stefanik was the first in her immediate family to earn a college degree, according to her office.
    — CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In the past, the government has allowed the children of foreign workers to serve in the IDF in exchange for granting status to their immediate family members.
    — The Week Staff, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Members can bring immediate family or up to two guests.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
  • His immediate family — both parents, three brothers and a sister — were not so lucky.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Princess Kate is not the only member of Prince William’s immediate family to be diagnosed with cancer.
    — Anna Gordon, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
  • According to the Review-Journal, Dea was an only child and did not have any immediate family.
    — Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Last year, three significant people in my life passed away: my best friend and two members of my immediate family.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'immediate family.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: