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and kindled a kindred
Her penetrative virginity exalted and disguised his own emotions, elevating his thoughts to a star-cool chastity, and he would have been startled to learn that there was that shining out of his eyes, like warm waves, that flowed through her and kindled a kindred warmth.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

all kings and knights
Alas, said King Arthur, that was great dishonour to Sir Palomides, inasmuch as Sir Tristram was sore wounded, and now may we all, kings, and knights, and men of worship, say that Sir Tristram may be called a noble knight, and one of the best knights that ever I saw the days of my life.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

ang kumagkù arun kláru
Iduun [ 243 ] giyud ang kumagkù arun kláru ang támà, Press the thumb hard enough to get a clear fingerprint.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

a kick and kicked
As they drew near, the cow suddenly gave a kick and kicked over the stool, the pail, and even the milkmaid herself, and all fell on the china ground with a great clatter.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

As kill a king
Almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king and marry with his brother.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

a King among kings
It is a diadem fit for a King among kings, an Emperor among emperors.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

akosmêton kai argon kai
Praxitelês men gar ê Pheidias ê tis allos agalmatopoios exôthen monon ekosmoun tas hylas, katha kai psauein autôn êdynanto, to bathos d' akosmêton kai argon kai atechnon kai apronoêton apelipon, hôs an mê dynamenoi katelthein eis auto kai katadynai kai thigein hapantôn tês hylês tôn merôn.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

Ain Kohleh and Khuweilfeh
Accordingly, on the 3rd, we advanced in that direction towards Ain Kohleh and Khuweilfeh, where the enemy were found to be holding a strong position with considerable and increasing forces.
— from With the British Army in The Holy Land by H. O. (Henry Osmond) Lock

and kill and kill
'How long will men bear it? Let us go back this very day, and kill and kill and kill these fiends as long as we have an arm to strike or a finger to pull a trigger.'
— from The Prophet's Mantle by E. (Edith) Nesbit

a king a knight
He says:— ‘I saw the Protector carried from Somerset House on a velvet bed of state drawn by six black horses, houss’d with the same; the pall held up by his new lords; Oliver lying in effigie in royal robes, crown’d with a crown, sceptre, and globe like a king ... a knight of honour armed cap-à-pie , and, after all, his guard, soldiers, and innumerable mourners.
— from Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. by Lucy Phillimore

and Kassala and Kassala
Formerly, a certain amount of trade was carried on between Suakin and Kassala, and Kassala and Massawa; but since the occupation of the Eastern Sudan by the Italians, it has almost entirely ceased.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

a Knight a Khan
Kate Kearney Kidnapped a Knave, a Knight, a Khan, a Kaiser and a King, and Kindly Kept them upon Ketchup, Kale, Kidneys, Kingfishes, Kittens and Kangaroos.
— from Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole

and kingdoms against kingdoms
Nations are against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms; and all this was started by a nation which boasted of having the most light in religious things and the best culture and civilization.
— from Studies in Prophecy by Arno Clemens Gaebelein

and kicked and knocked
And when I found the door was locked, I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked.
— from Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed


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