Explore Cousin through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like relative or relation. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cousin in a sentence
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Cousin meaning
- Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
- Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.
Using Cousin
- The main meaning on this page is: Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman. | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman. | Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.
- Useful related words include: first cousin, cousin-german, full cousin, relative.
- Possible Dutch translations are: neef, nicht, volle neef.
- In the example corpus, cousin often appears in combinations such as: his cousin, her cousin, cousin of.
Context around Cousin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cousin
- In this selection, "cousin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, kissing, relationship, once, removed and wilfred stand out and add context to how "cousin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a 12th cousin removed and a first cousin once removed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cousin" sits close to words such as consultation, corporations and delicious, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cousin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Madam/ Sir, this Quilon fellow is distant relative cousin of cousin type. (12 words)
Henry was her third cousin (cousin of the third degree), and eleven years younger. (14 words)
He arrived with others at the cousin’s home with an intent to assault the cousin in the premises. (19 words)
No sooner does Luke find his cousin at a West African Education Centre, he’s in for a roasting from his cousin’s wife for working for a Colonial Butcher and, for good measure she declares Luke is self-colonised and collaborating with the oppressors. (45 words)
Justin’s caption was attached to a screenshot of the detailed family tree, which explains that Ryan Gosling, 38, is Justin’s 11th cousin removed and Avril Lavigne, 34, is a 12th cousin removed. (34 words)
Set in the Protestant upper-middle-class world of Normandy in the 1880s and reflecting Gide's own relationship with his cousin Madeleine, Jerome loves his cousin Alissa, but fails to find happiness. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even if that’s your cousin… Admit that your cousin is a scamp in cahoots with the other scamps in charge at the time and didn’t do nothing for the money.
His mother, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was first cousins with Prince Philip meaning he is both second cousin and first cousin once removed to the King.
If you're being honest, you're probably a little foggy on the difference between a second cousin and a first cousin once removed.
No sooner does Luke find his cousin at a West African Education Centre, he’s in for a roasting from his cousin’s wife for working for a Colonial Butcher and, for good measure she declares Luke is self-colonised and collaborating with the oppressors.
The defence solicitor said: “When Mr Pentland struck his cousin that was after his cousin threw three punches to his face.
While Oklahoma flat bans first-cousin marriage, Okies won't rain on your kissing cousin parade by voiding your marriage.
Cousin Ron always seemed to be in a “serious” relationship, Cousin Mike was always on the verge of honor roll grades and I don’t remember anything of high school.
Madam/ Sir, this Quilon fellow is distant relative cousin of cousin type.
He arrived with others at the cousin’s home with an intent to assault the cousin in the premises.
However, during the course of the chat, the cousin told the scammer that he is the actress’s cousin and that was when the bubbles busted.
It’s based on a Lada anyway, making it a cousin of Fiat, and therefore a second-cousin-twice-removed of Lancia.
Justin’s caption was attached to a screenshot of the detailed family tree, which explains that Ryan Gosling, 38, is Justin’s 11th cousin removed and Avril Lavigne, 34, is a 12th cousin removed.
My cousin got his when Elliott Walker didn't like a call my cousin made while refereeing Elliott Walker's intramural basketball championship game.
The cousin even brings up Jasmine having two kids in the conversation and tells his cousin to just leave the relationship.
Morgan herself was a bridesmaid in a cousin’s wedding in the 80s, and used her cousin’s gown as a bit of inspiration.
The cousin, whose family was from the same town in Lithuania as the Barwin family and whose mother was his second cousin, was certain he had found the link.
Cousin Wilfred (John Rutland) – Mrs. Warboys' cousin, Wilfred, appeared twice in the series, and was considered to be a fairly boring middle-aged man.
Henry was her third cousin (cousin of the third degree), and eleven years younger.
He was cousin of Douglas Strutt Galton and half-cousin of Charles Darwin and both families boasted Fellows of the Royal Society and members who loved to invent in their spare time.
Set in the Protestant upper-middle-class world of Normandy in the 1880s and reflecting Gide's own relationship with his cousin Madeleine, Jerome loves his cousin Alissa, but fails to find happiness.
Common combinations with cousin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his cousin 37×
- her cousin 27×
- cousin of 23×
- the cousin 15×
- my cousin 14×
- cousin and 13×
- second cousin 7×
- first cousin 7×
- and cousin 7×
- cousin who 6×