great-aunts
- plural of great-aunt.
Example Sentences
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Once my sister goes, “I don’t remember our great-aunts and -uncles being as crazy as Mom and Dad can be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
One of his great-aunts was born in a camp, Kosaka said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2024
“They would tell me stories about my great-aunts and uncles and their experiences coming to America,” Zuñiga said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
However, she worries that if she invites great-aunts and great-uncles on our side of the family, she would be obliged to invite her father’s siblings as well.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
My father's family, meanwhile, sprawled across Chicago’s broader South Side and included an array of great-aunts and third cousins, plus a few stray outliers whose blood connection remained cloudy.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
