ilk

Example Sentences

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To them, “House of David” and its ilk may not be the greatest stories ever told, but they can be as gripping as most legends.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

But it seems that the general idea that the team needed someone of that ilk never went away, and it's easy to see why.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Vaudeville memory acts used it; Mr. Dylan is of their ilk, working the same stages in a slightly different branch of entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Oliveros’ deep listening and that of other composers of her environmental ilk, particularly the atmospherically ethereal sound worlds of Annea Lockwood, were made for Ojai.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Thoughts of that ilk galloped through her brain for quite some time—ta-TUM, ta-TUM, ta-TUM, ta-TUM, ta-TUM—long after a tired governess ought to have been asleep.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood