kinsfolk
Example Sentences
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Instead, political hopefuls must be seen to have greatness thrust upon them, their ambition pushed by their kinsfolk.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2022
Many people are going to the countryside; others have moved within the slum to be closer to their kinsfolk.
From Economist ● Aug. 3, 2017
Replay of that North-Hamilton collision - to paraphrase Muhammad Ali, that would have shaken North's kinsfolk in, erm, King's Lynn.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2012
After wandering off to seek medical attention, Henry was captured and found himself “among Dutch kinsfolk in Pennsylvania,” Polley wrote.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2011
‘The Lady of the Wood! She read many hearts and desires. Now why did not we wish for some of our own kinsfolk, Legolas?’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
