How to Use brotherly in a Sentence

brotherly

adjective
Definition of brotherlynext
Synonyms for brotherlynext
  • He gave his sister a brotherly hug.
  • He received brotherly support from his fellow priests.
  • It’s not just their brotherly love that has grown over the years.
    — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 11 Feb. 2022
  • If anything, Travis took the brunt of the brotherly abuse.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The brotherly interplay fueled the magic at the front of the stage.
    — Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2022
  • Maybe the only choice left is to appeal to their brotherly bond.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 May 2021
  • That’s a heck of a brotherly one-two punch, a righty throwing from down under and a lefty throwing from over the top.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2021
  • This will be huge for us and the city of brotherly love aka Philadelphia.....
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Josh and Sam are the half of the band that Zoom with me from Nashville, their spirits high and brotherly banter quick and funny.
    — Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 July 2023
  • This year's Royal Rumble is looking a lot like 2015, which can't be good for the city of brotherly love.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The fraternal twins are a king and queen whose reign brought sunshine and are teaching the world about brotherly love.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Their brotherly tensions account for one-third of what’s going on in the movie.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2020
  • As fun as a brotherly connection in the area would be for the Harbaugh family, the fit still might not be quite right.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In the meantime, there’s a few more brotherly battles to be had on the baseball diamond.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The original song allowed the NFL stars to embrace their brotherly love, Philly style.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
  • In the next pic, Jonas gives a cheeky, tight-lipped smile, while brothers Nick and Kevin sandwich him with brotherly affection.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The 2021 Billboard Music Awards will shine with brotherly love.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 May 2021
  • Clearly, there's no brotherly love lost between the two.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • His message of love and peace and universal brotherly love have inspired and helped so many.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Nikolas Cruz was unable to cope with the brotherly strife that an average boy might have shrugged off.
    — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • A lot of the movements were derived from the idea of brotherly love and the notion that the two characters had gone to college together.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The city of brotherly love, which was the first major city to enact a tax on sweetened drinks, has already won a lawsuit aimed at killing the tax, and still faces two appeals.
    — Bloomberg.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Ross is very close with his brother, Evan, and is grateful his two sons share a similar brotherly bond.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The Super Bowl has had brotherly connections in past games.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The governor thanked him for his kind words and fired some back in return after some brotherly ribbing.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 25 June 2020
  • The reader is invited to imagine, through the evocation of the brotherly bond, that Hunter might then succeed Beau.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The band of brotherly musicians is an offshoot of other projects.
    — Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The actor, who now stars in the brotherly wrestling drama Heels on Starz, said that he was approached by an airline official while the plane was parked, and told to keep his voice down.
    — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The City of Brotherly Love has nothing but brotherly love for Jenkins.
    — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The Carters aren't necessarily the poster boys for brotherly love.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2019

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