How to Use family friend in a Sentence

family friend

noun
Definition of family friendnext
  • Chanoine Kir, a powerful politician and Catholic leader, who was a family friend, suggested that my father escape to England.
    — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • The groom is the eldest son of our closest family friend.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The girl is a family friend of Murtagh’s, according to the report.
    — Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The girl was eventually able to reach a family friend, who picked her up and took her to her home.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The family friend heard her scream during the call and then lost contact with Russell.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The couple tied the knot on June 2 at longtime family friend Oprah Winfrey's house.
    — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
  • My mom’s twin sister Patty was the maid of honor and family friend Joe Ruszczyk was best man.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Breaking all ties with a family friend — one who helped make Ben’s famous around the country — would not seem to fit the pattern of Ali’s life.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • So Obaid turned to an oil consultant and old family friend to value the oilfield.
    — Hugo Miller, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Bill Fuller -- the Yarborough's close family friend who helped get that memorial bench built for Sarah.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • As the story goes, a family friend, Max Merkur, rediscovered the works in the 1970s, and Merkur’s children donated them to the gallery.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Police said Warner, a mother of five, had last been seen by a family friend on the evening of April 24 and then by her husband the next morning.
    — Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • His wife, Cathy Merring-Regan, confirmed the news on Facebook in a post shared by a family friend.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The intimate setting feels like the ranch of a family friend, and that is exactly what the Palma’s are hoping to achieve.
    — Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2023
  • His son Dennis, who eventually took the reins, sold it in 2015 to family friend Thomas Tognetti.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Days after his brother Joe’s killing, a family friend’s 2-year-old daughter was shot and wounded in a drive-by.
    — Freep.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • At the time, the Spiderman actress hired her family friend, Claire Thomas, to decorate their new home.
    — Anneke Knot, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The car’s driver — a family friend who was also the boys’ nanny — was also injured.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Viet Dinh is a longtime family friend of the Murdochs, and is the godfather to one of Lachlan Murdoch’s sons.
    — Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Beaupre, who was single, abandoned an accounting career to join the Marines in 1996, a family friend said.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Many came from a family friend who delivered movie reels to theaters and TV studios.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Evelyn and her older sister often spent portions of the summer at the farm of a family friend in Linden, Va.
    — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • In the summer of 2016, a family friend, Ali Ewoldt, made history as the first actress of color to play Christine on Broadway.
    — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • His parents had agreed to buy him an internet connection, and their family friend Bill had come over to set it up.
    — thehustle.co, 14 June 2024
  • One brother, a year older, went back and forth between home and a family friend's house, and Small's other siblings went off to college.
    — Rowan Moore Gerety, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • Catering from Esso Mediterranean Bistro — the owner is a family friend.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • An assistant to the anesthetist was a family friend who recognized Karen and was distraught.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Typically, the ring bearer is a young boy or girl and is either the couple’s own child, a relative, or a close family friend.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 May 2024
  • The relatives of a man who died after he was knocked on the head with a pistol in 2020 offered a measure of forgiveness to the family friend who killed the Portland patriarch.
    — oregonlive, 12 July 2023
  • According to family friend Mary Sundblom, the family encountered trouble when their raft hit a large wave.
    — The Post Independent, The Denver Post, 25 June 2024

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