kinfolks

Example Sentences

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"I hit Bonavena so hard it jarred his kinfolks all the way back in Argentina."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2016

But many other Cuban exiles, particularly those who had no close kinfolks among the prisoners, were bitterly opposed to the ransom negotiations.

From Time Magazine Archive

"A big house draws kinfolks like a horse draws nitflies," said Mother.

From Time Magazine Archive

My kinfolks . . . walked in the procession behind with their arms around their girls' backs.

From Time Magazine Archive

I reason I will get to stand before Jesus with all my childrens and grandchildrens and great-grandchildrens and kinfolks and friends and I say to him, “Jesus Christ, us is all sad colored peoples.”

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers