Below you will find example sentences with "older brother". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Older Brother in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: brother
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 22
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "older brother" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 24 his older brother meinhard died, and an older brother and from, sister, younger and main stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with younger brother, older people, older adults and younger brother, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with older brother
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
He has an older brother, Don, and an older half-brother, Michael Rendine. (13 words)
Lylah has an older brother, 12, an older sister, nine, and a younger brother. (14 words)
He had an older brother Gerhard, an older sister Elisabeth, and a younger sister, Kristel. (15 words)
His brother’s successor was his older son, Zalman Leib, but since he was only a young teenager at the time, many of his older brother’s followers looked to Rabbi Yoel as the real successor to the leadership of the Sighet dynasty. (43 words)
Kanneh-Mason is the third eldest of musical siblings, Isata, his older sister, who plays the piano, his older brother, Braimah, a year older than Kanneh-Mason, who plays the violin and Mariatu, his younger sister, who plays the violin as well. (42 words)
He had two older sisters and an older brother, and from the time he was born he was treated as if he were a misguided, stubborn nuisance who did nothing but cause trouble for the family. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example: Mas main ("older brother"), M'bak main ("older sister"), Koko main ("older brother") and Cici main ("older sister").
Kanneh-Mason is the third eldest of musical siblings, Isata, his older sister, who plays the piano, his older brother, Braimah, a year older than Kanneh-Mason, who plays the violin and Mariatu, his younger sister, who plays the violin as well.
Lylah has an older brother, 12, an older sister, nine, and a younger brother.
She is the second child of Linda Clapp and Donald’s older brother, Fred Trump Jr. (Donald has three older siblings, Maryanne, Fred Jr. and Elizabeth, and younger brother, Robert).
His brother’s successor was his older son, Zalman Leib, but since he was only a young teenager at the time, many of his older brother’s followers looked to Rabbi Yoel as the real successor to the leadership of the Sighet dynasty.
During the first years of the reign of his older brother as Elector, Anton was the third in line, preceded only by his older brother Karl.
He has an older brother, Don, and an older half-brother, Michael Rendine.
Having once nurtured a similar hope to study in England, Vithalbhai remonstrated to his younger brother that it would be disreputable for an older brother to follow his younger brother.
First of all, he appears as an older brother to the older-looking Sins, challenging the idea of ageism.
He was staying at his home with his older brother, his older sister, and a friend, when someone tried to break into their property.
The obligation to honor their older brothers temporarily exempts them from the mitzvah to beget children (Responsa maintain that younger brothers are only obliged to honor their firstborn older brother (see Responsa 6:29).
He had two older sisters and an older brother, and from the time he was born he was treated as if he were a misguided, stubborn nuisance who did nothing but cause trouble for the family.
He had an older brother Gerhard, an older sister Elisabeth, and a younger sister, Kristel.
He has an older sister, Virginia, and an older brother, Donald Smith, Jr. He was raised in a Catholic household, As stated in an interview on the Clerks 10th Anniversary DVD.
Aaron brought Charity to his family's home in Houston, Texas, where she met his mom Ethel, dad Eddie, older brother Edward, younger brother Erick, and Erick's wife, Audrey.
For older brother Cameron, the multi-time All-Pro, Pro Bowler and team captain “can’t say enough” about the work his little brother did as a rookie in 2022 for the Steelers.
Schwarzenegger suggested that his father’s cruelty was behind his brother’s death aged 24. His older brother, Meinhard, died in a drunk driving accident after hitting a telephone pole.
Still, the money I gave my older brother plus his kids is equal to the money I gave my younger brother who has no children.
The older brother then shot his younger brother outside the home because of what he had done to their sister and he fled the home, tossing his weapon in a nearby yard, authorities said.
After starring as Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street for many years, older brother Ryan won Celebrity Big Brother in 2018 and competed in Dancing On Ice earlier this year.