familial

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The tension between the anti-nuclear artwork and its artists’ familial ties to the production of the very technology they reject is an enticing dance of its own.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

"This finding highlights the profound value of studying familial diseases and the merit of large-scale genomic datasets, which can reveal rare genetic variations with broader implications for population health."

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

As Joanne Kaufman writes in her review, Sara Levin’s novel builds on a whimsical premise to create “a moving meditation on loneliness, longing and familial short leashes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Crucially, this is a legal issue as well as a financial and familial one.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

He found, for instance, that among 605 notable men who lived between 1453 and 1853, there were 102 familial relationships: one in six of all accomplished men were apparently related.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee