Below you will find example sentences with "older sister". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Older Sister in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: older
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.8 words

Words in this phrase

older sister

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • older can mean: comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior Frequent word
  • sister can mean: A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

12 an older sister nine and 1× and his older sister had been 1× as an older sister 1× as an older sister my heart 1× as the older sister of a 1× bak main older sister koko main 1× bn the older sister sitting in 1× brother his older sister and a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a native of 1× as an older 1× following in her 1× for example mas 1× fyi bn the 1× he has two 1×

Common sentence endings:

99 years old 1× a younger brother 1× an older sister 1× and riding ponies 1× and wylan tindell 1× contributed written reminiscences 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

younger 13× brother 7× main 4× years 4× plays 3× two 3× cyrus 3× kanneh 2× mason 2× violin 2× brothers 2× jordan 2×

Related phrases

older brother older people younger sister older adults years older twin sister sister kim older generations big sister older brothers

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around older:

older people 20× older adults 17× years older 17×

Just before it in the phrase index:

older people older generations older brothers older brother older adults old notes

Just after it in the phrase index:

older versions oldest child oldest continuously oldest known oldest person oldest public

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

older brother older people older adults older generations older brothers older versions

Same ending:

younger sister twin sister big sister

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "older sister" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 23.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 12 an older sister nine and, and his older sister had been, younger, brother and main stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with older brother, older people, younger sister, older people, older adults and years older, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with older sister

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

As an older sister, my heart breaks for Gianna’s oldest sister. (12 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)

Longer example sentences

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)

My older sister was two years older, and I had been looking over her shoulder when she was struggling with ‘sentence diagrams’ and other such grammatical nonsense, so I was already prejudiced against junior high English before I even got there. (41 words)

McPhee was cast as the older sister of a more popular, younger sister in a mall-based MTV daytime drama program, You Are Here, at the time she had left university and auditioned in Los Angeles. (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.

He had an older brother Gerhard, an older sister Elisabeth, and a younger sister, Kristel.

He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn.

Following in her older sister’s footsteps, Norris said she started 4-H before age 5, tagging along to her sister’s meetings.

McPhee was cast as the older sister of a more popular, younger sister in a mall-based MTV daytime drama program, You Are Here, at the time she had left university and auditioned in Los Angeles.

She has an older sister, Naomi, who was married on the White House lawn in 2022, and a younger sister, Maisy.

As an older sister, my heart breaks for Gianna’s oldest sister.

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He has one older sister, Cheyenne Coombs, one younger sister, Wynslee Tindell, and two younger brothers, Warrik and Wylan Tindell.

Noah Cyrus admits being in sister Miley's shadow was 'absolutely unbearable'Noah Cyrus is coming clean about growing up in her famous family and what it was like having Miley Cyrus as an older sister.

A native of Chicago, Kenneth Reynolds grew up with younger sister Sean and older sister Karen.

FYI BN – the older sister (sitting in the front) is 103 or 104 years and the sister sitting in the back seat is 99 years old.

He and his older sister had been in the school for at least 7 years, and there was a younger sister also.

Where the older sister Anissa is blessed with ‘thunder-ous’ strength, it’s the younger sister, Jennifer, who inherits her father’s exact powers.

Random House, He has an older sister, Lynne Georgina, and a younger sister, Joanne Louise.

She played with her older sister Geraldine (whom she called “Sister”), climbing trees and riding ponies.

The Memoir was written by Austen-Leigh with the assistance and cooperation of his older sister, Anna, and his younger sister, Caroline, both of whom had known Austen and contributed written reminiscences.

He was staying at his home with his older brother, his older sister, and a friend, when someone tried to break into their property.

Lylah has an older brother, 12, an older sister, nine, and a younger brother.

My older sister was two years older, and I had been looking over her shoulder when she was struggling with ‘sentence diagrams’ and other such grammatical nonsense, so I was already prejudiced against junior high English before I even got there.

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