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Meanings of almost akin in English

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Usage of almost akin in English
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Catherine looked, however, as though her pity were almost akin to horror.
No Hero
2
I suddenly felt a fear of falling, almost akin to acrophobia.
The Great Book of Amber
3
She hastily closed and directed it, with a feeling almost akin to despair.
Marriage
4
When she uncovered it again there was something almost akin to awe in her eyes.
The Hermit of Far End
5
A look of consternation, almost akin to despair, flitted now over the teacher's expressive countenance.
Wild Kitty
6
That evening she waited for Jim Dyckman's arrival with an ardor almost akin to love.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
7
For there was something almost akin to jealousy in the look she gave the other woman.
The Treasure-Train
8
A feeling that was almost akin to remorse had stirred a hidden chord in his heart.
El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
9
For the first time, he felt a feeling of awe that was almost akin to fear.
The Highest Treason
10
There was something there almost akin to tragedy.
The Tempting of Tavernake
11
Something almost akin to jealousy rose in Constance's heart as she saw Mildred, safe at last.
Constance Dunlap
12
There was a sort of soft calmness about her almost akin to the calmness of the evening.
The Call of the Blood
13
His love for Louise had given place to a feeling almost akin to a desire for revenge.
Gordon Keith
14
The result will be a new way of living that is almost akin to being a new subspecies.
BBC
15
Witnessing dozens of Republican men refusing to reauthorize the bill was almost akin to re-victimization, said Rep. Moore.
Ebony
16
A feeling almost akin to contentment stole over him, as they left him in the clean, cool bed.
"Contemptible", by "Casualty"
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