Explore Uncle through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like kinsman or aunt. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Uncle in a sentence
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Uncle meaning
- The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- The male cousin of one’s parent.
- Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
Synonyms of Uncle
Using Uncle
- The main meaning on this page is: The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. | The male cousin of one’s parent. | Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
- Useful related words include: kinsman, aunt, benefactor, helper.
- In the example corpus, uncle often appears in combinations such as: his uncle, and uncle, her uncle.
Context around Uncle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Uncle
- In this selection, "uncle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, dearest, employer, sam, great and zack stand out and add context to how "uncle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include uncle great uncle and friend, a dear uncle great uncle and uncle sam. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "uncle" sits close to words such as christopher, modified and hadn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with uncle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Loving brother of Jane and Ian, a dear uncle, great uncle and friend. (13 words)
Uncle Sedia, Uncle O.J., Uncle Dembo By Force will always be my uncles. (14 words)
The racist uncle I hate is trying to yell over the smart cool uncle that I love. (17 words)
Smith put two of her uncle’s horses on what is now KEP’s farm in Canton, N.C. Powder, a blind horse with a brilliant white coat, is the last living relative of the Appaloosa herd that Smith’s grandfather helped her uncle start. (45 words)
Loving son of Ann and the late Barrie, dad of Kacey, dear brother of Karen, Kevin and the late Denise, brother-in-law to Barry and Vicky, uncle to Garry, Danny, Elouise and Charlotte, great-uncle to Olivia and a dear friend to many. (44 words)
Even if they’re saying, My uncle is the world-renowned professional volleyball player Juan Carlos Smith and he’s a closeted gay man married to my other uncle Richard Jones, most people will nod and smile and ignore them. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Dearly loved brother of Hazel and the late Rodney, dearest uncle of Lesley, Jennifer, Graeme, Karen and Colin, great uncle, and great-great uncle.
He had several relatives who had served in the armed forces, including, an aunt and uncle who met in the Army, another uncle in the Marines and a great-uncle who served as a paratrooper in the Vietnam War.
The worker, uncertain, joked that the letter must represent the initials of his employer Uncle Sam. Soon soldiers began referring all military rations as bounty from Uncle Sam, and they even saw themselves as Uncle Sam's men.
Uncle Sedia, Uncle O.J., Uncle Dembo By Force will always be my uncles.
Apparently a couple doors down from me, I have another uncle, and a few more doors down I have another uncle.
Loving brother of Jane and Ian, a dear uncle, great uncle and friend.
Smith put two of her uncle’s horses on what is now KEP’s farm in Canton, N.C. Powder, a blind horse with a brilliant white coat, is the last living relative of the Appaloosa herd that Smith’s grandfather helped her uncle start.
Bryant’s uncle claimed his nephew shot Jam Master Jay, but no other witnesses corroborated the uncle’s story.
Dearly loved husband of the late Olwyn Burton, dearest brother, brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle and friend.
Kaka Sati was sometimes upset by the harsh punishments that Uncle Usama delivered to me and my cousin Hafiz, Uncle’s oldest son, who was two years younger than me.
Loving son of Ann and the late Barrie, dad of Kacey, dear brother of Karen, Kevin and the late Denise, brother-in-law to Barry and Vicky, uncle to Garry, Danny, Elouise and Charlotte, great-uncle to Olivia and a dear friend to many.
Mr Salmond’s niece Christina Hendry recalled memories of her “Uncle Alex”, including visiting the Turriff Show with her uncle and her sister where “he was the one asking us to go on the rides with him”.
Niamh also wanted to thank her uncle and step-uncle (Sam Bastin, 40, and Declan Ellis, 26) who held her still after her fall, preventing even more extensive brain damage.
So, if there is a grandparent and an uncle still alive, the grandparent will inherit and not the uncle.
The beloved son of the late Ziggy and Joan Piechocki, a much loved brother to Julie, a dear brother-in-law to Robert, uncle to Emma and Anton and a great-uncle to Owen and Scarlett Joan.
But since the aunt and uncle had planned an overseas getaway and Uncle Marvin still wants to go, Charlie agrees to feign temporary interest in the kid for a few months before handing him over.
The racist uncle I hate is trying to yell over the smart cool uncle that I love.
Even if they’re saying, My uncle is the world-renowned professional volleyball player Juan Carlos Smith and he’s a closeted gay man married to my other uncle Richard Jones, most people will nod and smile and ignore them.
Her younger brother and grandfather also served in the Navy, one uncle enlisted in the Marine Corps and another uncle fought in Vietnam with the U.S. Army.
I wanted nothing more than smooth sailing by any means necessary, and defined it as: no tantrums, no keeping Uncle Zack up at night, no dragging felt pens across Uncle Zack’s white walls, no matter how grimy they are.
Phrases with uncle
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with uncle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his uncle 34×
- and uncle 26×
- her uncle 19×
- uncle and 17×
- my uncle 14×
- an uncle 12×
- uncle who 10×
- uncle sam 9×
- uncle was 8×
- the uncle 7×