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How to use the word uncle in a Sentence? Page #2

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You know, I never thought that I cared about court justice, i just wanted the truth to come up. I couldn’t find any evidence of my uncle being abusive. He and Suzanne certainly argued a lot… But I just needed to know the truth. And I felt that was justice. My uncle was a decent man, but he had an Achilles' heel. He lost his life and he’s not here to defend himself.

Dorothy Marcic

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

My uncle was a very ambitious, hardworking man who came from a scrappy background, he worked his way up topolice chief, to one of the top investigators in the state of Wisconsin. He was married to his childhood sweetheart, a June Cleaver or Tami from ‘Friday Night Lights.’.

Dorothy Marcic

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Even what they've been dealing with, like literally, they put aside what they are dealing with to see how my family is doing. And it takes a lot of strength. It takes a lot of strength to be able to do that. They've seen over and over and over and over their brother, their uncle being murdered. Murdered ! In front of millions, and that family, they see us, and they give us hugs, you know, just -- yes, encouragement to keep going because that's what we're going to do. We're going to keep fighting.

Daunte Wright

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Uncle Sam would be An FTT. Uncle Sam's a pandora's box that should not be opened.

Greg Valliere

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They were asking how Epstein was when he was in the cell, if he seemed suicidal, they were asking if he had any indication that he would do that. My uncle cooperated.

Angelique Lopez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Uncle Sam just totally came out of the blue. I didn't see Uncle Sam coming.

Marc Chatow

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Theres a lot of people there who need this. I sent money to my uncle to help with the neighborhood for whoever needs it most.

Minh Tran

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

President Trump is a racist who stokes racial tensions. President Trump has been stirring racial tensions since President Trump got in This White House. Why, as Jacob's uncle, would I want to talk to him ? Our focus is on Jacob and healing the community.

Justin Blake

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think Wilco is going to definitely stand the test of time - no question - and Uncle Tupelo, and the whole No Depression scene, which is now alt-country. I think that's going to be around a long time.

Roger McGuinn

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

The problem with using it against Joe Biden is the public has an image of him burned in over decades, goofy old Uncle Joe Biden, the moderate-seeming Democrat from Delaware and Obama's wingman.

Michael Steel

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Better to remember goldilocks and three bears story my late uncle taught me that this quote for Doug devos ok

Zig Ziglar

added by Pvinodm34
3 years ago

We continue to be thoughtful regarding other ways to honor the story of Uncle Nearest.

Jack Daniel

Found on CNN
3 years ago

That's bad news for the economy, uncle Sam want a confident consumer to expense her income. We're just not seeing that right now.

Joe Brusuelas

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I will never forget the first day Willetta Avery opened Willetta Avery eyes after we turned down Willetta Avery sedation, i called Willetta Avery uncle and was like,' Oh my God, he's awake, like we've turned a major corner.'.

Jessica Knox

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is why political correctness, or Cultural Marxism,... lends itself so fashionably to easy labels. Transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, racist, bigoted, Uncle Tom, white privilege, mainsplaining. All of these are slapped on people with politically incorrect opinions in an attempt to silence you. ... Hate speech is inextricably tied to political correctness, or Cultural Marxism, and that creates intellectual conformity -- or intellectual authoritarianism. And that’s where you start to see things like “safe spaces” or “trigger warnings” or speakers banned from campus, or people with unpopular opinions banned from social media.

Steven Crowder

added by Normando
3 years ago

I grew up idolizing your uncle. I was a Jewish kid in the 1950s in New York City. Everybody worshipped Mickey Marcus.

Facebook Kramer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

No one's asked me that before, and yes, I did. He was your uncle ?

Facebook Kramer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You need to protect yourself because you are not completely exempt from serious illness, and you can become the vector, or the carrier of infection, where you get infected, you feel well and then you inadvertently and innocently pass it on to your grandfather, your grandmother or an uncle who is on chemotherapy for cancer.

Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The attackers arrived on the stairs and started killing the women. My nephew shouted and said to me 'Uncle, please go downstairs', and when I tried to go downstairs, they shot my nephew in the head.

Harander Singh family

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My uncle was one of the most important people in my life inside and outside of the ring, roger was a great champion and one of the best trainers in boxing. Unfortunately, his health was failing him for several years and now he can finally rest in peace.

Floyd Mayweather

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was a sort of spiritual uncle to a movement - to a consciousness movement bringing the East and West together.

Ram Dass

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

(I'm) an uncle to the Baby Boomers, teaching them about illness and aging, not to be frightened of aging. That it's OK.

Ram Dass

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Now my whole family is scared to visit my mother, they're scared whatever happened to my uncle would happen to them.

Moustafa Hamed

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You can draw a straight line between Trump being unsteady and erratic and people clinging more to Joe Biden, 'Uncle Joe' is the safety blanket that many Democratic voters will continue to lean on as long as they view Donald Trump as the existential threat.

Joel Payne

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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