variants or kinfolks

Examples Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of kinfolk Many of them were engulfed by settlers and forced to live on mountainous and agriculturally unproductive land, separated from their kinfolk who had migrated, with their cultural and political systems in a shambles. David Treuer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020 Self-defense became second nature to the British-Indian schoolboy, who organized street patrols to protect his kinfolk in Manchester. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 27 June 2023 Often maintaining a certain distance from our kinfolk can help keep us together. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023 All the kinfolk of the goat had long become food. Terrance Hayes, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 See all Example Sentences for kinfolk 

Thesaurus Entries Near kinfolk

Cite this Entry

“Kinfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinfolk. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!