Sentence examples for a closer relative from inspiring English sources

Indeed, teosinte was at first classified as a closer relative of rice than of maize.

That is, as her litter size increases, she requires that orphans be a closer relative to her before she'll adopt them.

For instance, a white spider on Oahu is a closer relative to the brown spider on the same island than it is to a white spider on Maui.

Mora suggested he might adopt the boy and found out the two were distantly related, but a closer relative took custody.

It is this kind of intimate handcrafting, said Hans Kraus, a Manhattan dealer, that makes the print -- especially as digital images quickly supplant those of film -- even more valuable, a closer relative to painting than contemporary photography.

No, here in weary old western Europe, it feels to me that the descent will be a closer relative of Delicatessen, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's breakthrough vision of a hungry, dowdy block of flats in which no one likes to ask where the butcher's fresh cuts are coming from.

Ruth, a close relative and dear friend.

What about mate, a close relative of tea?

When a close relative dies, the stress can be overwhelming.

"They're with a close relative, holding hands.

"I went there on my motorcycle," said a close relative.