Her auntness showed in the way she braided her niece's hair and read bedtime stories every evening.

My aunt baked a pie for the school fundraiser.

My aunts always bring homemade pies when they visit.

In some primate troops, aunting provides critical support for infant survival when the mother is absent.

Aunt Flo showed up right before my interview, so I had to quickly run to the pharmacy for supplies.

The co-aunts coordinated a surprise party for their niece.

Every summer, my great-aunts gather at the lakeside cottage to swap stories and recipes.

When readers wrote in about heartbreak, the agony aunts offered blunt but comforting advice.

My step-aunts always bring homemade pies to family gatherings.

Every summer at the village fair, children and adults crowd around the Aunt Sally stall, laughing as they take turns throwing balls to knock the pipe from the mouth of the old-woman figure.