Examples of kin in a Sentence
Noun
They are her distant kin.
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
If no close relatives exist, state law may dig up increasingly distant kin, and in extreme cases, your estate may even escheat to the state (which is a lawyerly way of saying the government gets it).
—Ashley Case, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
The Secret Service was not playing to get in that motherf–kin’ stadium.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Among other differences, Remus and Romulus also have wider heads, larger teeth and jaws, and more muscular legs than its kin, Time reported.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
If no close relatives exist, state law may dig up increasingly distant kin, and in extreme cases, your estate may even escheat to the state (which is a lawyerly way of saying the government gets it).
—Ashley Case, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
And non-kin pairs were more likely to engage in this genital-to-genital contact than kin.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
The Secret Service was not playing to get in that motherf–kin’ stadium.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kin
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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