Example sentences for: clan

How can you use “clan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He must show that there is more to his stance on Northern Ireland than pandering to the Kennedy clan.

  • The apparently straightforward transference of clan names can, however, lead to confusion.

  • Of course, there are subtle warnings against prejudice and snobbery (as embodied by the odious Malfoy clan), and affirmations of the virtues of honesty and friendship.

  • Over the next 20 years, the Minamoto clan acquired new strength by offering better guarantees to local landowners — and their armies — than they could expect from court.

  • This most faithful lieutenant of the Tokugawa clan distinguished himself by planting the cedar forest around the shoguns’ mausoleums at Nikko.


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