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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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Once his family was rescued, some of Miller’s kin were evacuated to Louisville.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 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
The novel, published to immediate controversy in India—an obscenity suit was filed over its portrayal of an intercaste romance—offended her Syrian Christian kin, who grumbled about misrepresentation.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Once his family was rescued, some of Miller’s kin were evacuated to Louisville.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 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 8 Sep. 2025.
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