clan
Example Sentences
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Ms. Goodman finds the right measure of sugar in this novel-in-stories depicting three generations of Rubinsteins, an East Coast Jewish-American clan tenuously bound by love, ritual and guilt trips.
Last November the court sentenced five of them to death including the clan's patriarch Bai Suocheng, who died of illness after his conviction, state media reported.
From BBC
“My name is Galatia; these waters are mine and my clan’s. I smelled the glimourie on her. U gehygd. I knew her for what she is. Sáwoll. And so I came.”
From Literature
South Africa has several recognised monarchs representing different ethnic groups and clans, but they have no formal political power.
From BBC
Thompson’s Benedict, whom “Bridgerton” viewers have come to know as the artistic, pansexual second-oldest son of the Bridgerton clan, has long shown disinterest in settling down or adhering to societal norms.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
