uncle
[ˈʌŋkl]
Definition:
1. The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt.
2. A source of help and advice and encouragement.
'uncle' example sentence:
- My uncle taught me to juggle.
- She's not been on speaking terms with her uncle for years.
- He spent holidays at the 300-acre estate of his aunt and uncle.
- I knew how unbalanced Paula had been since my uncle Peter died.
- My Uncle Jim had a high fever.
- Your uncle asked after you.
- I've just become an uncle (= because your brother/sister has had a baby) .
- I'll go to see your uncle presently.
- Uncle Tom looked hot after his walk.
- I went camping with uncle Mike.
- Mr. Craven is my uncle.
- His uncle is dead, but his auntie still lives here.
- Uncle Harry is terminally ill with cancer.
- My uncle was a Falstaffian figure.
- An e-mail from Uncle Fred arrived.
- There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle.
- He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day.
- He made great play of the fact that his uncle was a duke.
- After an exile of eight years her uncle returned to Cairo.
- My uncle's branch of the family emigrated to Canada.
- My uncle is my nearest relative.
- Jackson is leaning over backwards to persuade his wealthy uncle.
- He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.
- My uncle John was your uncle John?
- My uncle is a bus driver.
- Suddenly an idea rushed into my head, " Why not ask Uncle Mark for help?
- Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer.
- While he was at the university, an uncle maintained him in clothing.
- When Jim's uncle retired from the railway company, he was given a gold watch.
- Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
- I don't have much contact with my uncle.
- She was placed in the care of an uncle.
- He is my maternal uncle.
- To the radical blacks of the Sixties, he was an Uncle Tom.
- Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
- Uncle, pa wants to see you.
- The letter mentioned my great-aunt and uncle only incidentally.
- This is the Uncle Zhang we're always talking about.
- He was playing chess with his uncle.
- A market researcher called at the house where my uncle was living.
- She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.
- Here's a way of barbecuing corn-on-the-cob that I learned from my uncle.
- My uncle give me money! Pigs might fly!
- I'm going to visit my uncle.
- Uncle Herbert never argued, never spoke up for himself.
- Jim's uncle cut him off without a penny.
- They are ready to defend themselves against Uncle Sam's imperialist policies.
- He came to work for Uncle Julian and learn the business from the ground up.
- Uncle Jim took the air rifle and went on a recce to the far end of the quarry.
- They are not really my aunt and uncle.
- Her uncle cozened her out of her inheritance.
- In the play, a wicked old uncle acts as a foil to the noble young prince.
- He vacated the flat and went to stay with an uncle.
- Uncle Geooge got a black eye for ogling a lady in the pub.
- Please come in, Uncle Fred.
- For years we were taught that Uncle Sam and foreign investment were the problem.
- My uncle was the mayor of Memphis.
- Uncle Sebastian used to tease Mother and Daddy unmercifully that all they could produce was girls.
- She came into a fortune when her uncle died.
- He owed$ 20 000 in tax to Uncle Sam.
- A telegram from Uncle Fred arrived.
- We have had problems in our family that I didn't dare tell Uncle.
- My uncle has become quite an institution at the club!
- I expect to see my uncle.
- Uncle Paul and I hardly know each other.
- We sat down to a wonderful meal prepared by my uncle.
- He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.
- Tim, may I introduce you to my uncle's secretary, Mary Waller?
- Don't worry, Uncle Tim, your future is safe in our hands.