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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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.
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Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
Osborn, like millions of others, including 300,000 independents in Nebraska, does not feel kinship with either camp, but his populist sentiments are not as extreme as those of Steve Bannon, Trump’s former advisor who blames tech oligarchs for destroying America.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Does their respective positions in the game — as top players, captains, icons — make Matthews, now 27, feel a special kinship with McDavid, who turned 28 last month?
—Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Practicing loving-kindness could increase happiness while strengthening feelings of kinship with all living beings, a few of the benefits of metta meditation described by the Buddha in the Karaniya Metta Sutta.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
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Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
Osborn, like millions of others, including 300,000 independents in Nebraska, does not feel kinship with either camp, but his populist sentiments are not as extreme as those of Steve Bannon, Trump’s former advisor who blames tech oligarchs for destroying America.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Does their respective positions in the game — as top players, captains, icons — make Matthews, now 27, feel a special kinship with McDavid, who turned 28 last month?
—Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Practicing loving-kindness could increase happiness while strengthening feelings of kinship with all living beings, a few of the benefits of metta meditation described by the Buddha in the Karaniya Metta Sutta.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 5 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 1 Mar. 2025.
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kinship
noun
kin·ship
ˈkin-ˌship 
: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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