kinship

Example Sentences

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When the British arrived in 1788, we are told, the continent was home to “more than 250 language groups and over 500 dialects, each with its own unique culture, language, and kinship structure.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Izzard, who has a background as a street performer, feels a kinship with Elizabethan players, who like stand-up comics, maintained a lively rapport with their audience.

From Los Angeles Times

The manatee raised its fat snout out of the water to breathe and sniff at her, and Natalie felt a sudden kinship with it.

From Literature

Having been called “anything but handsome” for most of my life, I felt a bit of kinship with this Mr. Lincoln.

From Literature

“It’s about two men who are lost and alone and solitary, and see a kinship in that. They are pulled together on this journey.”

From Los Angeles Times