bloodline

Example Sentences

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The union would potentially create a new caliphal bloodline relocated in India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

That trust showed a $500,000 transfer from my father, explicitly described as a gift, made at the same time my father was supposedly creating his bloodline trust.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

Her grandfather Charlie, an actor who embraced visual effects a century ago with “The Gold Rush,” would have been impressed by how his bloodline has kept pace with cinema’s evolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

According to Dr. Luce, the gene first appeared in my bloodline sometime around 1750, in the body of one Penelope Evan- gelatos, my great-grandmother to the ninth power.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides