Get to know Stepsister better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sister or sis.
Stepsister meaning
- The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
- The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.
Using Stepsister
- The main meaning on this page is: The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship. | The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.
- Useful related words include: half sister, half-sister, sister, sis.
- In the example corpus, stepsister often appears in combinations such as: his stepsister, her stepsister, my stepsister.
Context around Stepsister
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stepsister
- In this selection, "stepsister" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wicked, young, blood, koharu, opened and queen stand out and add context to how "stepsister" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wicked stepsister or half and and young stepsister. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stepsister" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stepsister
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also at the funeral were Jessi's stepsister, Jacque, and stepbrother, Jeff. (12 words)
And Nicola Walker shines, too, as her shirty, sheep-farming stepsister Gillian. (12 words)
Any accomplishment of mine was nothing, and anything my stepsister did was celebrated. (13 words)
In “Cuckoo,” slightly bitter 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schafer of “Euphoria”) is irked at the very notion of being plucked from her American surroundings and whisked off to a German resort by her newly married father, stepmother, and young stepsister. (41 words)
Tohru can't act mean if her life depended on it, so her stepsister is now friendly and supportive of Hana's Cinderella, who wears all black and cares more about eating meat than dancing with a prince. (38 words)
Rosemary Hall said that her father, who was jailed for raping her stepsister when he died, set their house on fire and deliberately caused a traffic accident that killed her baby sister. (32 words)
What would this Cinderella story be without a wicked stepsister (or half-sister, in this case)? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
A few years after her father's death, Hiyori, a fly-fishing enthusiast, meets her soon-to-be-stepsister Koharu.
The couple met on the set of the 2017 film Mary Shelley, in which Booth played Percy Shelley and Powley played Claire Clairmont, Mary’s stepsister.
Then my stepsister opened her big mouth and told me to give the dress to her.
What would this Cinderella story be without a wicked stepsister (or half-sister, in this case)?
In “Cuckoo,” slightly bitter 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schafer of “Euphoria”) is irked at the very notion of being plucked from her American surroundings and whisked off to a German resort by her newly married father, stepmother, and young stepsister.
She ends up in the body of the villainess, the Beauty Dipped in Blood, stepsister of the heroine and about to be executed — unless she can scheme her way to survival.
Upon Edward's untimely death, his stepsister Queen Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary), was unsuccessful in stopping the Protestant train.
While coming from a reasonably well-off family, Miyo has lived a hellish life under the thumbs of her awful stepmother, stepsister, and biological father.
A 20-year old man in Dowa has been arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating his 14-year-old stepsister.
Also at the funeral were Jessi's stepsister, Jacque, and stepbrother, Jeff.
And Nicola Walker shines, too, as her shirty, sheep-farming stepsister Gillian.
Any accomplishment of mine was nothing, and anything my stepsister did was celebrated.
He is also survived by his stepsister, Diane (Banks) and Michael Shaw of Massachusetts.
Here we have Mei Aihara, a usually expressionless girl who crawls into her stepsister's bed to force herself upon her without a single blink.
Rosemary Hall said that her father, who was jailed for raping her stepsister when he died, set their house on fire and deliberately caused a traffic accident that killed her baby sister.
Tohru can't act mean if her life depended on it, so her stepsister is now friendly and supportive of Hana's Cinderella, who wears all black and cares more about eating meat than dancing with a prince.
Bob’s stepsister, Mindy Pringle, her husband, Rick, and their two children reside in Livermore.
She did recently visit her stepsister, who calls the Dandenongs home, including introducing her son to cockatoos.
Survivors include his brother Steve McCandless (Betty); stepmother Betty Thompson McCandless; stepsister Cindy M. Stovall (Danny) and aunt Mary Boles Deaten; and several nephews and nieces.
My late stepsister had, with wicked ingenuity, turned a similar state of affairs in our family into a scheme for her own amusement.
Common combinations with stepsister
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his stepsister 3×
- her stepsister 3×
- my stepsister 2×