How To Use kinsman In A Sentence
- Commonly the groom or his family gave the infare, but often enough some generous and well-to-do friend, or kinsman, pre-empted the privilege. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South
- The barghest has a kinsman in the Rongeur d'Os of Norman folklore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
- A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
- The balsam is less common, generally found in marshy spots, in company with its kinsman, the tamarack, which in summer, at least, has all the appearance of an evergreen. Rural Hours
- There was nothing random, from the point of view of God's purposes, in the time of Naomi and Ruth's arrival in Bethlehem, for through following the harvesters as a gleaner, humbly gathering what was left behind; Ruth would find the kind man who would take her under his protection; a kinsman. God Made Me Contemplative
- He had a good friend, the wolf, and he crept out in the evening into the forest to him, and complained of the fate that awaited him. "Listen, kinsman , " said the wolf, "be of good cheer.
- Xenophon the Artist: the “kinsman” of Cyrus again, and the light by-play to enliven the severe history. Cyropaedia
- The vendetta is still the custom in Sardinia, and a person is respected if he takes blood revenge on the killer of a kinsman. Nobel Prize in Literature 1926 - Presentation Speech
- 'Whom do you call kinsman?' asked old Martin sternly. Martin Chuzzlewit
- But the spirit of my kinsman soon immerged into more active life: he visited foreign countries as a soldier and a traveller, acquired the knowledge of the French and Spanish languages, passed some time in the Isle of Jersey, crossed the Atlantic, and resided upwards of a twelvemonth (1659) in the rising colony of Virginia. Memoirs of My Life and Writings
