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How to use ilk in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, noun

Ilk means very; same. Example: “That makes him a servant of the powers-that-be that have no time for Nobby and his scrounging ilk.”

Examples of ilk by meaning

nounA type, race, or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

  • That makes him a servant of the powers-that-be that have no time for Nobby and his scrounging ilk.2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)

More sentences with ilk

  • Planets (and objects of their ilk) can be destroyed in collisions, by stellar vaporization, or tidal forces.2024 January 17, Nick Black, Midnight's Simulacra, Gold & Appel Publishing, →ISBN, page 397. From the entry mundicide
  • He and his ilk own the present.2023 December 28, Ross Barkan, “The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry pharaonic
  • We shall not see her ilk again.1981 December 23, [Jill Tweedie], “All I ask, Mary, is when you visit, throw me a cream bun, OK: Letters from a fainthearted feminist”, in…. From the entry Tyrannosaurus regina
  • Piddle and wimple I say to Kunian and his ilk.1967 January 26, Sten Overlach, “Le Dauphin”, in Sandy Gage, editor, McGill Daily, volume 56, number 67, Montreal, Que.: Students’ Society…. From the entry pamby
  • There are, no doubt, other bee-keeping nightmares of this ilk, but his term of opprobrium for honey-dew is very opprobriate.1909, British Bee Journal - Volume 37, page 499. From the entry opprobriate
  • This controversy is quite similar to the red-tagging brouhaha exploded against me by Gabriela and its ilk in the CPP-NPA-NDF legal front.2021, Antonio Parlade Jr., “To catch a commie and friends by their mouths”, in The Manila Times. From the entry terrorist
  • Arrow worms and their ilk may even have driven much of the early Cambrian diversification, as animals tried every trick to avoid getting eaten.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry arrow worm
  • He and his ilk are fauxlanthropists.2009 February 21, Marina Hyde, “Thanks for the philanthropy, billionaires. Now pay your tax”, in The Guardian, archived from the original…. From the entry philanthropy
  • There is nothing like the suggestion of a cancer risk to freak out a parent, especially one of the hypereducated, ecoconscious ilk.2009 February 8, Peggy Orenstein, “The Toxic Paradox”, in New York Times. From the entry hypereducated
  • But in all likelihood the meme-stock phenomenon is here to stay--even if Cohen and his ilk are profiting off the backs of the "apes" who support them.2022 September 12, Ryan Cohen, “The Money Game: Jen Wieczner”, in New York, volume 55, number 19, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, pages 14-15. From the entry ape

Meaning of ilk

  1. adjective Very; same.
  2. noun A type, race, or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

Full definition of ilk

Questions about ilk in a sentence

How do you use ilk in a sentence?
Ilk is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “That makes him a servant of the powers-that-be that have no time for Nobby and his scrounging ilk.”
What is a short sentence with ilk?
“He and his ilk are fauxlanthropists.”
What does ilk mean?
Ilk means very; same.

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