Example sentences for: brother-in-law

How can you use “brother-in-law” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • She relied on the dictionary, which said, "A brother-in-law is a brother of a husband or wife, a sister's husband, or loosely, a wife's sister's husband."

  • Of the 17 Alexandrians I contacted, five consider themselves acquaintances of Lamar, 10 call themselves friends (including an old roommate, a godmother to his kids, and someone who ate dinner with him the night before), and one is his brother-in-law.

  • My brother-in-law then chastised me for being harsh.

  • (If a man shoots his brother-in-law that is not called a hate crime, although there is probably hate involved.)

  • I truly like my wife's sister's husband, but is he technically my brother-in-law--as her family insists--or--as I believe--a) my sister-in-law's husband or b) my wife's brother-in-law?


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