How to Use familial in a Sentence

familial

adjective
  • The company has created a familial atmosphere in its offices.
  • Common rooms were small then, but add to the cozy, familial feel.
    Bill Pennington, New York Times, 14 June 2022
  • What movie screams more about familial love than this one?
    Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Guilbeau’s start in the culinary world is a familial one.
    Wire Services, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But that familial tie didn’t extend to Lopez and the network.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • The poems include bloody dramas, familial and cosmic, set in the space of the kitchen.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
  • There are so many familial bonds that are kind of strained and under pressure.
    Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Anyone craving even more familial ties to the movie need only to wait a few episodes.
    Jesse Hassenger, Chron, 30 Nov. 2022
  • John and Adrianne’s familial harmonies give the songs an extra glow and warmth.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 11 June 2022
  • The whole thing is dark and relentless with plot turns that make this about familial secrets and the bonds of parents and children.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 July 2024
  • Dozens of shipments were found to have tight familial connections, some of which spanned years.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Years after Lawrence was killed, a familial DNA match was found, police said.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Barry Jenkins has said that this movie is very much based on familial bonds.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Find an ideal familial setting at the Brass Lantern Inn.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
  • That familial love could so easily turn to hate, but the hate was always there, just like the gun, under the surface, ready to go off.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • In the song, Simón dies alone in 1986 without familial support, due to a mystery illness.
    Quispe López, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Despite the years of familial fighting, both Nick and Aaron shared their grief on social media.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • So, perhaps in this latest context, the choice of blue was both a display of familial unity and an ode to the princess herself.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The role in the Hulu series took a certain type of courage for Weaver, 43, who portrayed a family tragedy and close familial bond.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Someone should do the same for Thanksgiving, a familial stress-and-guilt machine.
    John Hodgman, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Scripture offers plenty of guidance about the role and traits of mothers and familial love.
    Blair Donovan, Country Living, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The King wants the mermaid's life force to achieve immortality, but a young woman, who has familial ties to the king, wants to save the creature.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
  • Each familial unit packed their cars with TVs, suitcases, boxes, and snacks to take across the border.
    Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 16 July 2024
  • Vedder’s teen daughters bring a welcome air of familial warmth to the album.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
  • To what extent is love—romantic love, familial love, love of the planet—a guiding force in your work?
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Along the way, the two slowly form a familial bond that throws Joel’s original task into upheaval.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Amid his work and familial obligations, Cera has been short on free time lately.
    Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There's a weird familial connection to Fort Greene Park.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Her dancers break into a familiar and familial dance — the Electric Slide.
    Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Ena returns to Venezuela and embarks on a familial search reminiscent of both the intimacy of Akerman and the labyrinthine qualities of Borges.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024

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