(1) The Kurds need to support their brethren,” Ali Haidar, the Syrian national reconciliation minister, told the Iraqi-Kurdish news site Rudaw.
(2) Though Koum is only in his late 30s and Acton in his early 40s, the men are older than many of their Silicon Valley brethren: Zuckerberg is only 29.
(3) Ten out of 10 for me, by the way, although I am a member of the Beardy Brethren so you could argue I have an unfair advantage.
(4) The following resolutions were adopted:– "That we, a monster meeting of the Orangemen of Newtownards and of the surrounding districts, recognise, with gratitude, the exertions of our brethren in time past, and declare our unalterable determination to stand or fall by the principles of our Order in defence of Her Majesty the Queen and of the British Constitution.
(5) Over the years, the same has not been said of some of his autocratic brethren.
(6) The PLO welcomed any help with reconstruction in Gaza, but called on "all Arab brethren to … use their leverage to ensure an end to the division and the policy of creating a separatist entity in the Gaza Strip, as [this] principally serves the Israeli agenda."
(7) Chibok is a small and conservative Christian enclave in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria where many parents are involved in translating the Bible into local languages and belong to the Nigerian branch of the Elgin, Illinois-based Church of the Brethren.
(8) Good news from you, our brethren,” he reads from a script, sitting flanked by the group’s black flag on one side and an AK47 on the other.
(9) We quarrel about just about everything and we’re never as organised as our Scandinavian brethren.
(10) Even on the Democratic side, the committed brethren of Obamadale insist that just because she came here first doesn’t mean Clinton has won over a new liberal base.
(11) Instead, they hurl themselves to the other side of the spectrum, becoming just as fanatically obsessed with the promotion of democracy, fighting their former extremist brethren – or selling their latest book.
(12) Sue Ellen has used a huge divorce settlement from JR to go into (unnamed) party politics, disappointing all of us who nursed a secret hope that she would fulfil her destiny by joining the Quivering Brethren .
(13) If any of them are also vigilante members of the terrifying Polish-Wahhabist Alliance (see above) conquering our British cities and, you’d think, slaying their brethren, you can’t really blame them; that is what it takes to put food on the table during George Osborne’s “economic recovery”.
(14) On 1 January 1993, the people of what became the Czech Republic were divorced from their brethren in Slovakia (to Havel's real distress, though there was nothing more he could have done to stop the secession).
(15) Last weekend Shekau issued an audio message calling on supporters not to be “overwhelmed by people like Donald Trump and the global coalition fighting our brethren in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and everywhere”.
(16) In absence of a decent team, nothing seems to unite Americans and draw their attention to the sport like perceived injustice against our 'brave Americans brethren.'
(17) Well-meaning Igbo leaders are calling on their brethren to "return home", referring to the attacks as "systematic ethnic cleansing".
(18) It was accompanied by an alarming call, as seen by Turkey’s leadership, by the PKK for Turkey’s Kurds to take up arms to help their Syrian brethren.
(19) We’ve learned from Scripture – as well as acts of courage from brave men like Gandhi, Dr. King and my dear departed friend Cesar Chavez – that every individual has a moral obligation to our brethren in struggle.
(20) The social and cultural origins of the Hutterian Brethren, the most inbred population in North America, are described along with the characteristics that make the group useful for genetic studies.
Sisterhood
Definition:
(n.) The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
(n.) A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Sisterhood Method, a community-based survey technique, was used to estimate the Life Time Risk of a woman dying a maternal death in Southern Malawi.
(2) Her family's privacy has been invaded to find the "causes" of her choice and her personal appearance derided, not least within what might otherwise be called the sisterhood.
(3) The rise of the sisterhood to 8 out of 19 elected places in the shadow cabinet is the other story from last night's vote.
(4) We’re told equality can be achieved by putting a few more women on boards in the mistaken belief that all women are ready to usher in a new age of equality for the sisterhood.
(5) When she meets the other clones she finally feels a sense of 'being home' – a sort of sisterhood, like twins have.
(6) It's purportedly a story about falling in love with an unpleasant man, but I read it as a love letter to sisterhood, with a small "s"; a love letter to her actual sister, Caz.
(7) The report highlights three distinct reasons expressed by women who had travelled to Isis: (1) because they believe that Islam is under attack; (2) because they want to contribute to the building of a new society and establishment of the Caliphate; and (3) because they believe in their individual duty to migrate to the Islamic State and a sense of sisterhood among those who do.
(8) This paper details a cooperative sisterhood minority recruitment and retention agreement that was established between a predominantly White university and a historically Black university for the purpose of increasing the numbers of minority personnel in speech-language pathology and audiology.
(9) Others may disagree, but they admit that the appetite for change may not be universal, even among the Sisterhood: the number of members who have taken on more political responsibility since last summer is still small.
(10) The sisterhood method provides a means of obtaining population-based estimates using household surveys for data collection.
(11) But really, the idea that the WI is the face of 21st century sisterhood should be no surprise at all.
(12) In addition to addressing the practical needs of adolescents who come to the Sisterhood, positive examples of healthy ways of relating to others and presentation of a system of values consonant with self and family development are provided.
(13) This field experience with the Sisterhood Method technique combined with an in-depth questionnaire for determining causes of maternal deaths has provided useful information in a simple and cost-effective manner for use in planning intervention strategies designed to decrease maternal mortality.
(14) Inequality and injustice have long existed but as I move to a new role at the Guardian, here, in the spirit of openness and sisterhood, are some things I've learned over the past almost four years.
(15) The Sisterhood began eleven years ago under the leadership of Ms. Daphne Busby.
(16) Trusting that better days will come and yes they will, I am sending you my deep respect and sisterhood … I hope that you find comfort in the fact that your words echo far and wide, reaching hearts and minds beyond the bars of your cell, beyond the walls of your prison, reminding us that the freedom of speech is worth fighting for.
(17) The Sisterhood of Black Single Mothers Inc. (The Sisterhood) is an organization which exemplifies the considerable potential of community members united for a common good.
(18) I'd expected to find a great feeling of sisterhood, and actually didn't.
(19) The sisterhood method uses the proportions of adult sisters dying during pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium reported by adults during a census or survey, to derive a variety of indicators of maternal mortality.
(20) Over a glass of wine, one Julie gently prods the question: “Does it represent, like, your mother?” This scene tells you more about sisterhood than any feminist edict ever could.