The older kids kept teasing him until he finally cried uncle and admitted he couldn't do it.

My great uncle taught me how to fish every summer when I visited his cottage.

They labeled him an Uncle Tom for always siding with the white owners against his own community.

When the economy faltered, Uncle Sam stepped in with a large stimulus package.

My grand-uncle taught me how to carve wooden figurines every summer.

My maternal uncle taught me how to fix bicycles when I was a child.

My paternal uncle taught me how to fish when I was a child.

I discovered that my half-uncle had served in the navy before I was born.

My great-uncle taught me how to carve wooden spoons when I was a child.

When my sister kept making the same mistakes, our father played the Dutch uncle and gave her the stern reprimand she needed.