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

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

From Economist • Aug. 3, 2017

Replay of that North-Hamilton collision - to paraphrase Muhammad Ali, that would have shaken North's kinsfolk in, erm, King's Lynn.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2012

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

Looking for his kinsfolk, he led Dermer on a melancholy march inland.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann