Examples of “twin” in a Sentence

noun One of two children born to the same mother at the same time.

• The twins are identical and hard to tell apart.
• My twin and I used to swap classes just to confuse our teachers.
• The twins were born a few minutes apart in the same hospital.

noun Either of two things that are strikingly similar or closely matched.

• The two towers are twins, built to the same design.
• This cottage is the twin of the one next door, with the same blue door.
• She wore one earring and kept its twin in her pocket.

verb To form an official partnership between two places, especially towns in different countries.

• The town is twinned with a village in France.
• Our city was twinned with a German town, so pupils visit each year.
• The two villages plan to twin and share school exchange visits.

adj Consisting of two matching or paired items.

• We booked a twin room for the trip.
• The hotel offered a twin bed arrangement, so we each had our own bed.
• The twin engines of the little plane roared as it left the ground.