twin daughters

collocation in English

meaningsoftwinanddaughter

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withdaughterortwin.
twin
noun[C]
uk
/twɪn/us
/twɪn/
either of two children born to the same mother on the ...
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daughter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɔː.tər/us
/ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ/
your ...
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(Definition oftwinanddaughterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is a family in my constituency in which there are twin daughters aged 11, a girl of 15 and the parent with care.
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Earlier this year my wife, happily, gave birth to twin daughters.
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I have twin daughters who are still, just about, 18.
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I happen to have twin daughters, one of whom went to university and one of whom worked.
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My twin daughters were born 10 weeks prematurely in 1986; had they been born 20 years earlier, they would probably not have survived, because their lungs were not sufficiently developed.
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She gives birth to twin daughters who unfortunately do not look alike.
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He is currently married, and has two twin daughters.
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They also had twin daughters who died during infancy.
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Married three times and divorced once, he is survived by twin daughters.
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He is survived by one-year-old twin daughters and a pregnant wife.
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In all he had 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls (including twin daughters who died as children).
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Appropriately, the wife who made the comment about twins being a mark of adultery gives birth, in turn, to twin daughters.
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His wife, however, has other ideas and runs away after giving birth with her twin daughters.
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Bcklund also has two young twin daughters at home.
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Others believe she died from complications of childbirth, shortly after delivering twin daughters.
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He dedicated the two golds to his twin daughters.
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In 1999, one of her twin daughters died from a brain tumour, but she remained cheerful and courageous until her own death in 2005.
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They are the parents of twin daughters born in 2010.
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Shortly after, he agreed on adopting a child, and with the help of a doctor, they were able to take in twin daughters.
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