bloodline

Example Sentences

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It was not a bloodline trust, but I was told it was still being finalized.

From MarketWatch

But poverty also ran in the bloodline, Ackmann explains, with Parton growing up “dirt poor” in a log cabin without running water or electricity.

From Los Angeles Times

A second deputy was found in Yaqoob Mujahid, Taliban founder Mullah Omar's son – young, but bringing with him his Taliban bloodline, and its potential to unify the movement.

From BBC

I delivered a speech arguing that the U.S. is a nation defined above all by ideals, not shared bloodlines.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and a cult of personality surrounding their so-called "Paektu bloodline" dominates daily life in the isolated country.

From Barron's