How to Use clan in a Sentence

clan

noun

• The whole clan gets together for the holidays.
• The tribe is divided into clans.
• The police knew the Remmo clan, and the three men, well.
  — Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
• The youngest of the Bongiovi clan, the 18-year-old is also the most private.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
• By the late 1970s, the Guzmán clan had emerged as a rising force in the Sinaloa drug underworld.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• Other nearby units from the clan could overhear the rhythm.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
• The boardwalk is a bit of a fraught landmark for the Fisher-Conklin clan.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 July 2023
• The clan delights in mashing up the customs of both cultures.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• Now, 11 members of the clan conduct royal duties - more than half of whom are over the age of 70.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• If a man proved to be a bad leader, the clan would strip him of his tribal position.
  — Mona Gable, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• Today, the clan leaders all, everybody in this country, for the most part, has a job.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
• One member of the Bridgerton clan will be missing in this next season: Daphne.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 Aug. 2023
• But the rest of the year was explicitly designed to be a counterpoint to that for the Hewson clan.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
• Peterson said he’s seen items return to his own clan and knows firsthand the power of the work.
  — Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Not my whole culture, but with this specific clan and their laws and the Gypsy laws.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• The couple is now parents of five, having added four more kids to their clan after tying the knot.
  — Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
• The Kar-Jenner clan uses the paps to help promote their businesses.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
• But because of the disagreements with Din's cult in the past, the Watch welcoming her to their clan with open arms is a surprise to her.
  — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• The name comes from her maternal clan, the Bear Clan, and the arrow on the firm's logo honors her dad's warrior sign.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
• Nearly 50 years after the show wrapped, the Studio City home where Carol, Mike, and their clan of six kids once lived is up for grabs.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
• The youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan is expanding her empire with the launch of a new clothing line.
  — Rory Satran, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
• Chalamet’s Paul Atreides is on the run from the evil Harkonnen clan on the desert planet Arrakis.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
• As for why the Wertheimer clan would be selling all five apartments now, well: Eitan died of cancer last April at age 70.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2023
• Will every living member of the clan be performing in these shows?
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
• The clan soon had police and military officers in its pay.
  — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Riley learned this while searching for the remains of his clan relative.
  — Kathleen Sharp For Propublica, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Several Balkan reporters who have monitored the clan war told me that the current body count is more than 70.
  — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• In what other ways have your parents and family dictated the ways things should be done in this clan?
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• As the eldest child of the Ramsay clan, Megan was the first family member to receive a college degree.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• If the ancient clans of motherland are calling your name, this trip will feel straight out of an epic fantasy film.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 30 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024