How to Use kinship in a Sentence

kinship

noun
  • He feels a strong kinship with other survivors of the war.
  • There must have been a strong kinship with Barry, then.
    Gary Graff, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Several of the pictures suggest landscapes, a kinship the artist has taken to heart.
    Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The virus was probably abetted by Tangier’s close ties of kinship and history.
    Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • There is nothing like the kinship of community to remind you of what truly matters this holiday season.
    Naomi Elizée, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Although this can all be viewed as networking, approaching it through the genuine lens of relationship building and kinship will yield tighter bonds.
    Jennifer Acree, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Last week, the agency said 52% of February's foster and kinship payments were delayed.
    Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2021
  • By opening the doors of the maison (albeit virtually), the platform is fostering a sense of kinship between the label and its customers.
    Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Dec. 2020
  • There was no obvious way to make its education, opportunities for kinship, or credentials stand out.
    Ron Lieber, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2021
  • In Chinese thought, being and nonbeing, like yin and yang, are in harmony with each other—thus the kinship of infinity and nothingness.
    Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Critics and writers have long noticed a kinship between Irish literature and that from the American South.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Finding a relative can also require tracking down people who may not have even known that child existed, but that takes funding and viewing kinship placement as a priority.
    Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • And not only that, but to feel some kind of kinship with it.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 May 2022
  • There’s a cool kinship between the way our bands do things.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The kinship between mankind and fowls of the air has long been expressed through music.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2022
  • For all there is to mourn, kinship provides a kind of compass.
    The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Living in New York has shown me there’s a lot of kinship… within cuisines.
    Julie Poole, Bon Appétit, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Thompson may have felt a profound kinship with her as an artist — and with Poussin, too.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • To her, a river signifies the loss of a link to one’s home town and, with it, the erosion of a people’s kinship with a land.
    The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The name of the company comes from the words kinship and tendrils, which support growing plants.
    John McCormick, WSJ, 18 May 2021
  • The melody of the prose had a kinship with the warbling, meandering songs Newman was writing at the time.
    Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Through the laughs and jokes, the honors and speeches, remains that unique kinship, and it wasn’t lost on anyone Sunday.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Few took the enormous risks to themselves and their families out of kinship with the United States.
    Douglas London, CNN, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The latter plot thread was a direct result of Smith-Cameron and Culkin’s longtime kinship.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The plan authorizes a $10.20 per child per day payment for kinship caregivers for up to nine months.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Jones felt close kinship to senators in both parties from his three years there.
    al, 8 Apr. 2022
  • All close friends off the field, that kinship translated to stifling defense on it.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2022
  • This gives us all a kinship that is powerful and translates to our customers.
    Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Under this program, adoption recruiters such as Danelle Stiffler conduct extensive searches to find kinship placements while getting to know the 12 to 15 children on her caseload.
    Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2024
  • The team collaborated on the couple’s Manhattan apartment and their aesthetic kinship emerges in room after room in the Hamptons home.
    Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2024

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