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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But that payment starts at $417 per month, and not all kinship families qualify.
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CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Ball also sued Beshear last year over the administration's failure to implement 2024's Senate Bill 151, passed with bipartisan support in an effort to support kinship care in Kentucky.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Manzanera felt a musical kinship with what the band, which was playing live gigs but had yet to make a record, was doing.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
They’d been drawn by the pay, but also by a sense of altruism and imagined kinship.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Ball also sued Beshear last year over the administration's failure to implement 2024's Senate Bill 151, passed with bipartisan support in an effort to support kinship care in Kentucky.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Manzanera felt a musical kinship with what the band, which was playing live gigs but had yet to make a record, was doing.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
They’d been drawn by the pay, but also by a sense of altruism and imagined kinship.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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 22 Feb. 2026.
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kinship
noun
kin·ship
ˈkin-ˌship 
: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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