How to Use immediate family in a Sentence

immediate family

noun
Definition of immediate familynext
  • My sister, who is five years younger than me, is the first in my immediate family to live alone.
    — Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Dear Amy: My older brother and I are the last ones left of our immediate family.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 30 June 2023
  • The 50-year-old had no immediate family left in the enclave, Issa said.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Many have lost most, if not all, of their immediate family.
    — Yaqoob Akbary Victor J. Blue, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • My mother was there, her mother was there, the kids were there, our immediate family was there.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Farkas and his brother were the only members of his immediate family to survive the camps.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Of the current staff of 50, 15 of them are immediate family members.
    — cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • At the time of the actress' death, she was surrounded by Hamel, her son Bruce and other members of her immediate family.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The government said the program would be for the immediate family members of Haitian and Cuban immigrants in the United States.
    — Julie Watson, ajc, 10 May 2023
  • The fifth-in-line to the throne did not see his immediate family before flying out to Germany for the start of his Invictus Games in Dusseldorf.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • People can be put on the list via a court order, at their own request, or the request of a concerned member of their immediate family.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
  • The reasons stated in the order included that Ballot can meet the needs of Chanel Rustad, has a safe home for her and is her immediate family.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Fares Al-Ghoul fled to Egypt with his immediate family, his mother, his sister and her daughters.
    — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Beyond his immediate family, his work impacted the lives and careers of many girls around the region.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Our guest list is 25 people, with half of those being our immediate family.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Members can bring immediate family or up to two guests.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
  • His immediate family — both parents, three brothers and a sister — were not so lucky.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Princess Kate is not the only member of Prince William’s immediate family to be diagnosed with cancer.
    — Anna Gordon, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
  • According to the Review-Journal, Dea was an only child and did not have any immediate family.
    — Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Last year, three significant people in my life passed away: my best friend and two members of my immediate family.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • My sister and her new husband just sent an email to our immediate family, more or less berating us for not giving them more — or larger — gifts.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • Stephens and his immediate family are believed to own nearly all the company.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • According to the district website, student absences are only excused if the student is ill or if there’s a death in the immediate family.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Faith Pinho: And so, very, very slowly, over the course of years, Gina started rebuilding a bridge with her immediate family members.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
  • In fact, several of his immediate family members have already appeared in promo pics for the show.
    — Women's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • With no immediate family to look for him, a neighbor, Seema, became his advocate.
    — Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • The flag had a blue star for every immediate family member serving in the armed forces during a period of war or hostility.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2023
  • With no one from Joi’s immediate family alive to advocate for her, Charlotte has taken it upon herself to push for justice.
    — Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
  • While his immediate family has so far escaped the bombardment, his cousin, along with his wife and two children, were killed in one of the safe zones Netanyahu had called for people in Gaza to move to repeatedly, Malfouh said.
    — Marc Smith, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Outside of his immediate family, Zion is a little brother to his father’s two children with Geraldine Khawly.
    — Blake Bakkila, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024

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