Examples of “sister” in a Sentence

noun A female sibling; a daughter sharing the same parents as another person.

• My younger sister always borrows my jumpers without asking.
• He and his sister both learned to swim at the same pool.
• My sister lives just a few streets away.

noun A woman felt to be closely bonded with another through shared identity, cause, or community.

• At the meeting, she greeted every woman as a sister in the cause.
• The choir members became sisters, supporting each other through good times and bad.
• The activists referred to each other as sisters in the movement.

noun (UK) A senior nurse, often in charge of a hospital ward.

• The ward sister welcomed the new nurses and showed them around.
• Ask the sister in charge if visiting hours have changed today.
• The sister on duty checked all the patients' charts.

noun A woman belonging to a religious order; a nun.

• The sister lit a candle and prayed quietly in the chapel.
• A kind sister at the convent taught him to play the organ.
• Sister Mary ran the small parish school.