Examples of kinship in a Sentence
He feels a strong kinship with other survivors of the war.
feelings of kinship between the team's players and their fans
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Unable to fully process the pangs of rejection, Buck decides to write a play based on their early kinship and enlists the help of Beverly (Lupe Ontiveros) to stage the production at a local community theater in order to win Chuck’s affection.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
The obsession with lineage is at odds with the solidarity of the Middle Passage, which created new forms of kinship.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
There’s no need to censure the desire to forge kinship, to lick one’s wounds, to seek respite or joy.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The road turned to dirt, growing steeper, narrower and more perilous with each turn, but the avid outdoorsman felt a sense of kinship with the looming remoteness.
—Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
The obsession with lineage is at odds with the solidarity of the Middle Passage, which created new forms of kinship.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
There’s no need to censure the desire to forge kinship, to lick one’s wounds, to seek respite or joy.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The road turned to dirt, growing steeper, narrower and more perilous with each turn, but the avid outdoorsman felt a sense of kinship with the looming remoteness.
—Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kinship
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“Kinship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinship. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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kinship
noun
kin·ship
ˈkin-ˌship 
: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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