kinfolk

Example Sentences

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The best example of this is the famous "Key & Peele" skit of President Obama reserving dap for skin folk and kinfolk alike while extending the standard handshake for white folks.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024

In many ways, the relationship between these kinfolk communities is mutually beneficial and harmonious.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

This kind of loyalty, however, does not help their well-known kinfolk.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

And it all started in those early years with her inclination to view trees as kinfolk.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021

It was no use selling 8800 since kinfolk from Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina were now moving in, and on most days, they gathered on the sidewalks and the porches for gossip and cookouts.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi