kinsfolk

Example Sentences

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Instead, political hopefuls must be seen to have greatness thrust upon them, their ambition pushed by their kinsfolk.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2022

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

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