aunties
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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L.A.’s sons and daughters, mothers and grandmothers, uncles and aunties, leaders and stewards, artists and musicians, holding court on native soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
I showed up and there were maybe 20 aunties and their kids and everyone looked up at me when I walked in, like … Zohran wasn’t there yet.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2025
She said her brothers, aunties, cousins and both her grandfathers had taken part in the past.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Because of Mamdani’s interesting background, he brought the limousine liberals together with the aunties from Bangladesh.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
Auntie An-mei interrupts with an excited voice: “So your aunties and I, we wrote to this address,” she says.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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