How to Use niece in a Sentence

niece

noun
Definition of niecenext
  • If he's my uncle, then I'm his niece.
  • The 60-year-old was joined on the call by her niece Alex Finnie.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Your nieces and nephews think the world of you, enjoy the day!
    — Good Housekeeping, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Of course an uncle and a niece falling in love would be the wish of the gods.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The cause was long-term heart disease, a niece, Noreen Austin, said.
    — Douglas Martin, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Chad Baus told Dateline the same thing about his niece.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Singsanong and her niece are always stressing about the rent.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • Boudreaux was married to Melanie Pawlowski, Lori's niece, at the time.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • The duo met first in 2016 at a wedding for the Holidate star's niece.
    — Caitlyn Hitt, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Budding chefs will love these too—my 12-year-old niece is a big fan.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the worst of it has been trying to make sense of why the bullet injured her niece and not her.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • At the time, one niece was in college, the other in high school and his nephew was in middle school.
    — Lisa Zobel, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The homeowner was out of town and said her niece was allowed to stay there.
    — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
  • Cabrera called 911, grabbed a raincoat, boots and walked out to help her niece.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022
  • My nieces and nephews will be getting a copy in their Hanukkah gifts this year.
    — Shalwah Evans, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Butts said the move was made with his son, daughter and a niece who lives with the family in mind.
    — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Epstein is Christie's niece, The Times-Picayune reports.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • My teenage niece and nephew for a long time would just make fun of us by typing out their tap backs.
    — Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
  • One of the servers said her niece’s teeth marks are still on one of the pews, from the Sunday mornings when the baby sat there, teething.
    — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Enter: her tween-age niece and nephew, who, with the help of mini sasquatch hoodoo monsters, plot to save the day.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Nov. 2022
  • When Jax loses custody of her niece to the state, the two go on the lam to find Roki's missing mon.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
  • Shudruk said the decision to let her nephew and niece go was not easy.
    — oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The cause of Greene’s death is not yet known, according to his niece Alana Doornick.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Danvers and Rambeau, her estranged niece, aren’t on the best terms at the moment.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2023
  • His son, niece, and brother’s wife also were among the dozens wounded.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The cuts are putting a strain on families like Jamillah Smith and her 9-year-old niece.
    — Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The 15-year-old, who is Blandin's niece, also has a sister who was not home at the time she was taken.
    — Carter Evans, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Diana’s 30-year-old niece has made her name as a model.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 31 May 2022
  • McGhee set out with a flashlight to find her niece, who lives next door and did not answer her phone.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The former talk-show host went on The Breakfast Club with her niece Alex to deny reports about her mental state.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025

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