FAMILY in a Sentence

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Once commenced, it would quickly be achieved, and I might be restored to my family in peace and happiness.

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 Meanings and Examples of FAMILY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
family
 n.  primary social group, related to each other, such as mother, father, and their children
 n.  a pair of adult animals and their babies
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  'No; but I was educated by a French family and understand that language only.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
2  I crept into my hovel and remained in silent expectation of the accustomed hour when the family arose.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  Once commenced, it would quickly be achieved, and I might be restored to my family in peace and happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
4  I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  "I'll tell you a family secret," she whispered enthusiastically.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  She was effectually prevented, but she wasn't on speaking terms with her family for several weeks.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  I knew his whole family history before he left.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  Let me know about the funeral etc do not know his family at all.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  The discipline of the family in those days was of a far more rigid kind than now.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
12  A family cannot well be maintained on a smaller.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
13  But I had no inclination for the law, even in this less abstruse study of it, which my family approved.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
14  Sir John wanted the whole family to walk to the Park directly and look at his guests.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
15  Her fortune was large, and our family estate much encumbered.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  In the traditional Hindu family, the son is duty-bound to look after his mother.
17  The ethos of the traditional family firm is under threat.
18  He is a firm believer in traditional family values.
19  I can't travel next month because of family obligations.
20  I should treat my family better.
21  You've brought enough dishonour on your family already without causing any more trouble.
22  The old type of family party is played out, young people demand something more exciting nowadays.
23  In most countries, the family unit is still the cornerstone of society.
24  During this period the family unit becomes the natural social grouping.
25  He warned that the breakdown of the family unit would lead to an impoverished society.
26  Agriculture was based in the past on the family as a unit.
27  The book places a high moral value on marriage and the family unit.
28  The family unit is supported by its integration into a wider social network.
29  He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.
30  The TV series is a watered-down version of the movie, especially designed for family viewing.