[ UK /klˈæn/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫæn/ ]
NOUN
  1. group of people related by blood or marriage
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How To Use clan In A Sentence

  • Henry, ever the pragmatist, considered the farrago of his brother's recent attempted coup, which had ended in the destruction of the Jacobite clans, to have been the Stuarts' last chance.
  • The important kin groups are patrilineal and matrilineal lineages and clans, Clan members do not necessarily live on clan land.
  • The spoon had been bent into such a shape that would provide louder clanging, and the pot was misshapen, being dented in many places.
  • This usage proceeded, in part, from the notion of consanguinity between every member of a clan, even of the lowest degree, to his chieftain, and the affability and courtesy with which the head was in the habit of treating those over whom he ruled. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
  • A dirty orange glow escapes from half-open hatches, grilled vents, and small square windows of grimy glass, and the clangour of beaten metal can be heard far out into the endless snowstorm. Weapon Of Choice short story – excerpt « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS
  • The sword clanked for the third time, and the king said angrily: The Crimson Fairy Book
  • There was the hiss of pressurization, then the clang of a hammer against metal Brunner's signal that they were ready. CORMORANT
  • The clanking sounded systematic somehow; not rhythmic like a drumbeat in music, yet purposeful.
  • The slaughter and butchery of 200 cattle and the consumption of 40,000 kilos of beef, even if spread over a year or two, suggest the participation of many communities, perhaps from a whole clan or tribe.
  • The Tourist was impressive ... but this is even better, a dazzling, dizzyingly complex world of clandestine warfare that is complicated further by the affairs of the heart. The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer: Book summary
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