family tie
Example Sentences
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But, unlike Charles Kushner, she had no family tie to the president’s inner circle.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025
Her grandfather was from the Donetsk region of Ukraine, a family tie that compounds her anguish.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2023
The family tie trumps friendship, and that puts Caine in a painful moral bind.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023
But where the affection is genuine and independent of the family tie, then it’s only natural for your loyalties to reflect that independence.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022
Even worse—for wolf and tiger gently consort with their kind, and still more gently with their family: they feel the tenderness of the family tie.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
