Citations:akin
English citations of akin
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- 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
- Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember.
- It appeared to me sacrilege so soon to leave the repose, akin to death, of the house of mourning and to rush into the thick of life.
- 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
- In an extensive herd, so remarkable, occasionally, are these mystic gestures, that I have heard hunters who have declared them akin to Free-Mason signs and symbols; that the whale, indeed, by these methods intelligently conversed with the world.
- Now, while discoursing of sperm, it behooves to speak of other things akin to it, in the business of preparing the sperm whale for the try-works.
- And though none of them precisely answer to any known species of the present time, they are yet sufficiently akin to them in general respects, to justify their taking rank as Cetacean fossils.
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- 2022 October 24, Dezdenova, “CMV: The Las Vegas store owner who stabbed a robber used disproportionate force”, in Reddit[2], changemyview, archived from the original on 2022-10-25:
- The robber unconsciously or consciously admits that as soon as they try to steal in any stand-your-ground state. If anyone is to put your life, or belongings in jeopardy for personal gain, you deserve the right to retaliate. Akinning this to Saudi Arabia just shows a poor understanding of the law.