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Recent Examples of sisterly
Miss Austen, a new four-part drama launching on the BBC on Sunday and coming to PBS in the U.S. in May, is telling the story from a perspective of sisterhood and sisterly love.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
Erin Napier's daughter is proving the strength of a sisterly bond.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Set in 1830, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery — Cassandra Austen (Hawes) notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters — and reimagines it as a heart-breaking story of sisterly love.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
In an early duet, Aparna and Ashwini are models of sisterly complementarity.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
Erin Napier's daughter is proving the strength of a sisterly bond.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Set in 1830, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery — Cassandra Austen (Hawes) notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters — and reimagines it as a heart-breaking story of sisterly love.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
In an early duet, Aparna and Ashwini are models of sisterly complementarity.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisterly
Adjective
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The film fudges some facts around this while ultimately underlining the familial nature of the two Burtons’ bond.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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The show revealed that the two share a significant stretch of identical DNA on their first chromosome, confirming a familial link.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger breaks down latest brotherly love development: 'Whoa' This week's episode revealed Greg's nefarious plan to — offer her $100,000 to keep quiet about his current location.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Lochlan Lochlan makes the wise decision to claim to have forgotten everything about his evening of brotherly love.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Blue Island started allowing video gaming in 2012, just a few years after Illinois legalized video gambling machines in establishments that serve alcoholic drinks, including bars, truck stops and fraternal and veterans organizations, according to the Illinois Gaming Board.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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In fact, there are plenty of actors and models who have fraternal or even identical twins that people have no idea about.—
Paulina Jayne Isaac,
Glamour,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Sisterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisterly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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