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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In Texas, kids taken into state custody leave a kinship placement twice as often as the nationwide rate, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal data tracking kids removed from their homes in a four-year period.
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Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Murphy, who like Steininger and Yurkevich has been exploring the question for its own sake, independent of his day job, feels a kinship across the centuries with Prince Rupert.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Impressing after a miserable spell in the Premier League, the Brazilian winger may well find kinship on the opposing flank Saturday.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Murphy, who like Steininger and Yurkevich has been exploring the question for its own sake, independent of his day job, feels a kinship across the centuries with Prince Rupert.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Impressing after a miserable spell in the Premier League, the Brazilian winger may well find kinship on the opposing flank Saturday.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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 2 Nov. 2025.
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kinship
noun
kin·ship
ˈkin-ˌship 
: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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