He feels akin with Mei because they were both bullied at some point in their life.

I felt very much akin to this huge metal object.

Anna felt very much akin to Rosa whose whole life was Art.

He felt more akin to them than to many humans.

With no air tanks chafing his back, he felt akin to the fishes themselves.

At that point, she was overcome by a spasm of envy so powerful it felt akin to pain.

Damien wondered how he could stand in a church with a woman who wanted to be a nun and feel anything akin to lust.

Somehow that made him feel more akin to Kantor, not less.

We drank to the lees and all felt akin.

Amy was not for him, and even to imagine her like that felt akin to some kind of awful crime.