How to Use kindred in a Sentence

kindred

adjective
  • I believe she and I are kindred spirits.
  • German and English are kindred languages.
  • Cousin to the comma, niece or nephew to the colon, this kindred outcast yearns for connection.
    — Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • Made all the better by catching up on years & years with my kindred spirit/high school love @guidinglightpsychotherapy @_raindear.
    — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 14 May 2018
  • In this case, the result is a series of three different but kindred bodies of work.
    — Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • On the verge of womanhood, the two outsiders find a kindred spirit in the other.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Such as when psychopaths like the Riddler see in him a kindred spirit of justice.
    — Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 4 Mar. 2022
  • As any kindred brother would, Nelson picks right back up where Campbell trails off.
    — Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Eli, who senses that Oskar is a kindred spirit, doesn’t go to school and never leaves her home by day.
    — Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Ordinarily that would be true, but, in a stroke of good luck, my girlfriend is a kindred spirit.
    — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
  • But Doyle is destined to encounter a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Close to breaking point, the man encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Anker and Lowe were best friends, kindred spirits, and regular partners.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
  • And adult survivors are starting to hear about the coffee shop and are finding their way there, looking for a kindred spirit.
    — Kate Santich, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • In that regard at least, the three Women’s March leaders find in him a kindred spirit.
    — Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2019
  • The seller of their new home, also an agent, proved to be a kindred soul who could relate to their need to care for their parents in the future.
    — Nedra Rhone, ajc, 19 July 2021
  • Deb Stratas always felt like Princess Diana was a kindred spirit.
    — NBC News, 2 Nov. 2021
  • So there’s a fellowship or a kindred spirit that’s recognized in the other.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
  • And in this, Rorem finds a kindred spirit in Víkingur Ólafsson.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Onwuachi’s mind remains tethered to chefs like himself — young, black and in need of figure to view as a kindred spirit in the food world.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 16 July 2019
  • Eggers then found a kindred spirit in Skarsgård, who had been trying to make a Viking movie for some time to no avail.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The group recognized Friedmann as a kindred spirit.
    — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The priest is clearly a kindred spirit to Fleabag, and the chemistry between them is palpable.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2019
  • But when his past — and enormous debts — begin to catch up with him, Doyle meets a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Or the immigrant who finds a kindred spirit in the refugee who escaped the dying planet Krypton.
    — Dante A. Ciampaglia, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2018
  • When his many debts and checkered past start to catch up with him, Doyle encounters a kindred spirit who may hold the key to his deliverance.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Helen Folasade Adu, known to the world as Sade, saw a kindred spirit for her son in Emily.
    — Jenny Block, New York Times, 20 May 2021
  • That’s been the case for both Beard and Ramey at times, two kindred basketball junkies guided by their emotional tides, for better and worse.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The boy quickly found a kindred spirit in one of his new teachers, Mogens Sigsgaard-Rasmussen.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2021
  • When Klara meets Josie each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 June 2026

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