Brother-in-law

//ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ//

"Brother-in-law" in a Sentence (12 examples)

My brother-in-law is ready to lose his temper at trifles.

The first thing we should do is write and thank your brother-in-law for his hospitality.

I have a new relative: my sister got married, so now I have a brother-in-law.

You haven't fallen in love, have you!? I won't have it! Having that man become my brother-in-law; I absolutely hate that!

Tom is Mary's brother-in-law.

My brother-in-law died last Friday.

My brother-in-law easily loses his temper from trivial matters.

My brother-in-law is a policeman.

My brother-in-law is a cop.

This hotel belongs to my brother-in-law.

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its insider trading investigation into stock trades made by then-Sen. Richard Burr and his brother-in-law at the outset of the pandemic, the former senator announced Friday.

He was appalled by trench conditions and the prolongation of the war, a disillusionment further encouraged by the Easter rising, in which his brother-in-law, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (qv), was murdered by a deranged Anglo–Irish officer, J. C. Bowen-Colthurst (qv).

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