“I cannot wait to see my dear little sister again.”

“Paris then repents her life as a socialite and becomes a sister in the convent.”

“What's been happening, sister?”

“Girls initiated together form a bond, and this sisterhood lasts throughout their lives.”

“So in terms of sisterhood, it behoves us to stay married if it is an option.”

“Maria resisted convention by joining an Anglican sisterhood, and Christina, who never married, became the finest poet of the Tractarian movement.”

“Dianne, where would I be without my sistergirl support group?”

“A sistership, the Pacific, left Liverpool two years later with 186 passengers, and she has yet to be reported.”

“Those scenes that work least well are the ones with most sistership to Bridesmaids.”

“An identical sistership, White Wings, was built at Rockport Marine in Maine.”

“The National Theatre launched A Sista Thang in 2007, in support of the Annual Namibian Women Summit.”

“Another group, Swing Sista, puffed as its members maneuvered a giant contrabass and a four-piece drum set down the stairwell.”

“Sista began performing at local talent shows and local colleges, and in 1992 attracted the attention of Devante, a member of the popular singing group Jodeci, by waylaying him at a concert.”

“She has just introduced the idea that the magazines promote the idea of sisterliness.”

“Her sourness and envy are apparent in her readiness to put down Iris and her lack of sisterliness.”

“She could see that it was easy to think, subliminally, of her sisterliness as something chaste and, well, unsexy.”

“Hey sis, have you seen my keys anywhere?”

“Your younger sis now attends your school, and your parents expect you to be her chaperone.”

“And if you need a whiney, loud-mouthed woman to repulse those pesky telemarketers, throw your little sis some cash.”

“In a world of brotherhoods and sisterhoods there was always the existence of secret societies.”

“The strongest developments regarding deaconess sisterhoods among Baptists in America occurred among the German Baptists.”

“Religious brotherhoods and sisterhoods play an important role in organizing these ceremonies and festivals.”

“Mourners placed flowers and wreaths at the graves, including one where two sisters Alina, 12 and Ira, 13, were laid to rest together.”

“Now, though, all the young lasses can clump the ball and everyone knows that the sisters are there for the beating.”

“These Seattle sisters design placemats and table runners out of abaca fiber.”

“Lil Kim may claim to be the Queen Bee, but she has to work hard to keep up with her hip-hop sistas.”

“Then a sloka defining sistas in terms of learning and intellectual abilities.”

“At the end of the month, participants, called Mo Bros and their supporters, Mo Sistas, shave their scruff and have a party.”