ilk

Example Sentences

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To them, “House of David” and its ilk may not be the greatest stories ever told, but they can be as gripping as most legends.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

But it seems that the general idea that the team needed someone of that ilk never went away, and it's easy to see why.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Americans don’t like inflation of any ilk, but it is back in the 2% to 3% range, and that has been just fine.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

They’ve been making him bundles but represent an ilk with which he can no longer be associated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Early articles, which had depicted her as “well-dressed,” “striking,” the family “perfect,” had given way to snide and vaguely accusatory ones of the ilk of MOM SEZ: NOT MY KID.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt