Examples of Klan in a Sentence
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Later, Klan members Bobby Frank Cherry and Thomas Blanton were convicted and also received life sentences.
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Deneen L. Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
Guston’s Klan paintings kneecapped supremacists through humor.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Years later Black renounced his Klan ties and became one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Greg Garrison , al, 11 Aug. 2023
While the Klan would loudly protest this decision, it was never overturned, and throughout the 1920s Klansmen and Klan meetings simply were not seen in Louisville.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2023
When an anonymous Twitter user had objected to police vehicles blocking Brooklyn turning lanes, Adams had compared this person to a Klan member.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
Deneen L. Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
Guston’s Klan paintings kneecapped supremacists through humor.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Years later Black renounced his Klan ties and became one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Greg Garrison , al, 11 Aug. 2023
While the Klan would loudly protest this decision, it was never overturned, and throughout the 1920s Klansmen and Klan meetings simply were not seen in Louisville.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2023
When an anonymous Twitter user had objected to police vehicles blocking Brooklyn turning lanes, Adams had compared this person to a Klan member.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
(Ku Klux) Klan
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing Klan
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“Klan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Klan. Accessed 21 Sep. 2023.
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