kinsfolk

Example Sentences

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After receiving his red sash, Mr Okoroafor went around greeting his kinsfolk, who had gathered in tents outside.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2025

He explained to me that he did not support the substitutions but was in many cases overridden by his kinsfolk, who often fell out with him when he tried to oppose them.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

Many people are going to the countryside; others have moved within the slum to be closer to their kinsfolk.

From Economist • Aug. 3, 2017

After wandering off to seek medical attention, Henry was captured and found himself “among Dutch kinsfolk in Pennsylvania,” Polley wrote.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2011

Hyacinthus, they would say, died not slaughtered by his kinsfolk to get food for them, but only because of a sorrowful mistake.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton