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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She’s especially revered in Shiite Islam because of her kinship with the imams.
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Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
How did Henley, a rock star living in a big house on Mulholland Drive, find such a kinship with Thoreau, who famously chose a simple, deliberate life amid nature?
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
But in general, long-distance trade was in small amounts of luxury goods, and mostly conducted by ethnic or religious communities who were bound by trust and kinship.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
There is a deep emotional kinship between the operations that go on in writing and then in putting together the collages.
—Laura Brown, Artforum, 25 Mar. 2026
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Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
How did Henley, a rock star living in a big house on Mulholland Drive, find such a kinship with Thoreau, who famously chose a simple, deliberate life amid nature?
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
But in general, long-distance trade was in small amounts of luxury goods, and mostly conducted by ethnic or religious communities who were bound by trust and kinship.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
There is a deep emotional kinship between the operations that go on in writing and then in putting together the collages.
—Laura Brown, Artforum, 25 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2026.
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kinship
noun
kin·ship
ˈkin-ˌship 
: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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