Sibling

//ˈsɪb.lɪŋ//

"Sibling" in a Sentence (13 examples)

I've got very bad genes. Seven out of ten siblings of my grandparents died of cancer, including themselves. Three of four siblings of my parents died of the same. My only sibling, Tom, developed lung cancer a year ago. I can't help thinking when my turn is.

There was a lot of sibling rivalry between Tom and his brother.

I have only one sibling.

What would you call the non-binary sibling of one of your parents?

"How's your sister?" "My sibling is non-binary, and they don't appreciate being called my sister."

My sibling passed away yesterday.

Older children tend to be less jealous than their younger sibling.

I love my sibling.

This is my sibling.

My sibling often cries.

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None of my siblings are married yet.

D. simulans, D. mauritiana and D. sechellia (which we will call “the siblings” when we do not need to distinguish among them) have homosequential polytene chromosome banding patterns differing from those of D. melanogaster by one long inversion on chromosome arm 3R and a few much smaller inversions.

Bush suggested that this difference might represent a case of chromosomal polymorphism or, more likely, sibling species.

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