clan

Example Sentences

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The matriarch of the Mitford clan has been overshadowed by the glamorous daughters who caused her no small amount of grief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Steven Lyons is the head of the Lyons clan, which was originally based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Jack Osbourne on Wednesday announced the addition of another Ozzy Osbourne to the late rocker’s clan.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The province has for decades been dominated by a single powerful clan, the Pitutecha family.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

He ordered that the child be reared as a son of the Inner Hearth, and that he be called Therem, though that was not a name ever used by the clan of Estre.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin