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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Some recruited others through kinship networks.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
That feeling of marking an end of an era resonated with the actors individually, too; Sophie Skelton acknowledged her deep kinship with her character, Brianna Randall Fraser.
—Carly Witteman, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
But what absorbs him most is the intense kinship that the San feel with the elephants, to the point where, at a bonfire dance, a kind of cross-species migration of souls seems to take place.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Though both drivers hail from Las Vegas, Nevada, the 40-year-old Busch felt little kinship in taking issue with the aggressive style of Gragson, who is 13 years younger.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
That feeling of marking an end of an era resonated with the actors individually, too; Sophie Skelton acknowledged her deep kinship with her character, Brianna Randall Fraser.
—Carly Witteman, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
But what absorbs him most is the intense kinship that the San feel with the elephants, to the point where, at a bonfire dance, a kind of cross-species migration of souls seems to take place.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Though both drivers hail from Las Vegas, Nevada, the 40-year-old Busch felt little kinship in taking issue with the aggressive style of Gragson, who is 13 years younger.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Kinship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinship. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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kinship
noun
kin·ship
ˈkin-ˌship 
: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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