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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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Other people’s words, books, and art, by offering kinship, pulled me free, provided a refuge.
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R. O. Kwon, TIME, 17 May 2024
Bridwell also touches on how Indigenous kinship building practices and fandom spaces lend themselves to each other very well.
—Renata Yazzie, SPIN, 15 May 2024
Deborah finds more kinship with Ava, recognizing herself in the younger comedian’s unabashed careerism and raw talent.
—J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The strong kinship audiences have toward relatable characters and people’s willingness to improve their mental health is not a surprise to Guralnik.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Peck, who was born in Haiti but fled the Duvalier dictatorship with his family, eventually landing in Berlin, felt a particular kinship with Ernest Cole, the South African photographer who captured the Apartheid state and published the 1967 book House of Bondage at only 27 years old.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Not to mention staff kinship and continuity that largely goes back decades.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
McElhenney talks about feeling kinship with Wrexham star Ollie Palmer, as both have parents who came out as gay.
—Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
If Bradley hadn’t already felt a kinship with his character before, staring into Jack Rooney’s eyes — or having Jack Rooney stare back at him — certainly clinched it.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
R. O. Kwon, TIME, 17 May 2024
Bridwell also touches on how Indigenous kinship building practices and fandom spaces lend themselves to each other very well.
—Renata Yazzie, SPIN, 15 May 2024
Deborah finds more kinship with Ava, recognizing herself in the younger comedian’s unabashed careerism and raw talent.
—J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The strong kinship audiences have toward relatable characters and people’s willingness to improve their mental health is not a surprise to Guralnik.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Peck, who was born in Haiti but fled the Duvalier dictatorship with his family, eventually landing in Berlin, felt a particular kinship with Ernest Cole, the South African photographer who captured the Apartheid state and published the 1967 book House of Bondage at only 27 years old.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Not to mention staff kinship and continuity that largely goes back decades.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
McElhenney talks about feeling kinship with Wrexham star Ollie Palmer, as both have parents who came out as gay.
—Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
If Bradley hadn’t already felt a kinship with his character before, staring into Jack Rooney’s eyes — or having Jack Rooney stare back at him — certainly clinched it.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Kinship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinship. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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kinship
noun
kin·ship
ˈkin-ˌship 
: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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