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Example sentences for "stepbrother"

Lexicographically close words:
stenosis; stent; stente; stentorian; step; stepchildren; stepdame; stepdaughter; stepfather; stephanotis
  1. The remarks about her dependence on her stepbrother slid from her very lightly.

  2. Lesbia lived in a house in Denham Terrace with her stepbrother Paul Hilton.

  3. Hiram straightened himself and drew a deep breath, and the moon, shining full upon his face, snowed it twisted, convulsed, as it had been when he had fronted his stepbrother seven months before in the kitchen.

  4. But he could see his stepbrother point with his finger, now to the dead tree and now to the steep, white face of the opposite side of the bowl-like hollow.

  5. The present occupant of the Waller mansion is a stepbrother of Stephen Waller's.

  6. Cousin Dink semed to be a relation of Chester Hunt, and Chester Hunt, as near as Josie could make out, was either a half-brother or stepbrother to Stephen Waller, the father of the children.

  7. This stepbrother of his was the only tie he had and of course that is not a blood tie.

  8. It was astonishing to some of their acquaintances that Stephen Waller should have made his stepbrother his executor because of Mrs. Waller's evident dislike of him.

  9. Yes," breathed Josie, "and the stepbrother inherited his property?

  10. The stepbrother and James had not been on terms of effusive cordiality.

  11. Feeling happy and playful after the fatigues of war, Don Pedro came for a holiday to Messina, and in his suite were his stepbrother Don John and two young Italian lords, Benedick and Claudio.

  12. This enemy was Don Pedro's stepbrother Don John, who was jealous of Claudio because Don Pedro preferred him to Don John.

  13. He has guessed very shrewdly, and he has doubtless pumped your stepbrother of all that he happened to know.

  14. He looked so frightened and miserable, and now and again his eyes roved up into Ross's face with something of inquiry in them, as though he felt that this big stepbrother must surely hold the key to the tragic happenings of last night.

  15. On the whole, he was sorry to meet his stepbrother just at this time.

  16. Where are your stepfather and your stepbrother now?

  17. He was sauntering along the road, when he heard the sound of hoofs, and, to his surprise, saw his stepbrother on the back of Ajax.

  18. Because your stepbrother doesn't approve of it.

  19. As it happened, however, he did not even know that his stepbrother had been summoned to the doctor's study.

  20. Miss Innes," she said, "has my stepbrother Arnold gone away?

  21. The closing of the Traders' Bank I considered unnecessary for her to know, but the death of her stepfather and stepbrother must be broken to her soon, or she might hear it in some unexpected and shocking manner.

  22. And on the way we decided to say nothing of Louise and her interview with her stepbrother the night he died.

  23. Hiram straightened himself and drew a deep breath, and the moon, shining full upon his face, showed it twisted, convulsed, as it had been when he had fronted his stepbrother seven months before in the kitchen.

  24. His father was dead, his stepbrother Francesco had long since been in the grave, and now Fiammetta also was departed.

  25. It must have been with that sorrow in his heart that Boccaccio returned once more from Naples into Tuscany, to settle the affairs of his father and to undertake the guardianship of his stepbrother Jacopo.

  26. My stepbrother and I carried on games and crusades which lasted week after week, and even summer after summer, as only free-ranging country children can do.

  27. And a fierce and lawless stepbrother drove Æson out of Iolcos by the sea, and took the kingdom to himself and ruled over it.

  28. And he said to himself, "I must hide the child in the mountains, or my stepbrother will surely kill him because he is the heir.

  29. The visit proved so beneficial that Johannes decided to settle his stepbrother there permanently to carry on the business of a watch and clock maker, which he had hitherto followed in St. Petersburg.

  30. Fritz, too, came over from Pinneberg, and greeted his stepbrother in the artist's room before the concert began.

  31. He therefore carefully abstained from answering, and when on the point of leaving, shook hands with his stepbrother heartily.

  32. After some years, when the couple have two children, the stepbrother falls ill of a dreadful malady, which can only be cured, Don Juan learns in a dream, by the blood of his children.

  33. By the ghost's advice, his stepbrother and double comes to London and takes his place, while Don Juan is freed by force of arms and restored to his wife.

  34. John Hanks, the most reliable member of the Hanks family, gave the following account of the way he managed to bring Abe and his stepbrother into the transaction: "He wanted me to go badly but I waited before answering.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stepbrother" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    brethren; brother; bud; cousin; daughter; father; mother; nephew; niece; sister; son; stepmother; uncle