Examples of kin in a Sentence
Noun
They are her distant kin.
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
The two Meyerson cousins, though distantly related to Rabbi Anne, remain close with their California kin.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2025
New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
The Secret Service was not playing to get in that motherf–kin’ stadium.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Hess was already perennially online, but misfortune—and its kin, helplessness—turned her pregnancy and her son’s young life into a mystery to be understood.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
The two Meyerson cousins, though distantly related to Rabbi Anne, remain close with their California kin.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
And non-kin pairs were more likely to engage in this genital-to-genital contact than kin.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
The Secret Service was not playing to get in that motherf–kin’ stadium.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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