Sentence examples for Seem relative from inspiring English sources

Coming across that guy in the middle of the night could make the terrors of terrorism seem relative, the workers said.

It may seem relative, because he is still talented enough to hit.300, but Long emphasized that it is why Cano has not reached his ceiling.

Rich camps seem relative in a place that, at minimum, costs the average attendee at least $1000 to go.

Finally, the pull that Buenos Aires had to many immigrants does suggest that real wages might not have been quite as low as they seem relative to the U.S. The economic question is how much of a real wage discount would immigrants have been willing to accept to live in Buenos Aires rather than in the U.S.

Something in the story had made me feel insignificant and powerful at once, had made my pain seem relative.

Just as with last week's relative calm, it's unacceptable, no matter how merciful it may seem relative to past weeks.

Reporters on one of the Iraqi helicopters said the element of surprise seemed relative.

But his shock seemed relative, given that "Party Monster," which was based on his book, set in the 80's and early 90's, shows the actor who plays him overdosing on heroin, and the previously cute Macaulay Culkin playing Michael Alig, a real club kid who committed murder.

How playful the Eli Manning-Tiki Barber quarrel seems, relative to more vexing issues dogging the N.F.L. Compared with the Michael Vick case, it's a food fight in the school cafeteria or one of those intramural training camp scuffles that real men like Coach Tom Coughlin believe will make their players' pores ooze with orneriness.

I've read fashion magazines frequently, although it seems relative luxurious because it is expensive (Fang).

MR: You have the song "Re-elect That" which, let's do a sidebar here, seems relative to this election year.