Sentence examples for is relative when from inspiring English sources

And we remind you that 'worst' is relative when talking about The Jaxx.

Though a certain amount of polish is to be expected, Keller is calling the menu "traditional straightforward food". Straightforward, of course, is relative when you're talking about Keller and about the French Laundry.

"This whole idea of taste being relative — when it comes to basic American cooking — is just not true.

The error criterion was relative when the function magnitude was greater than one but absolute when it was less than one.

We were squirming one day on Aunt Betty's uncomfortable furniture, drinking ginger ale and staring at framed photographs of strangers said to be relatives, when a gangling specter walked in.

Everything is relative, even when the temperature feels close to absolute zero.

Cheapness, of course, is relative, especially when you figure in what Mr. Chearno calls the Swinging the Heavy Bat theory.

At the same time, he added, "If you look at where the paper is relative to when I bought it, it's a much more stable organization".

One possible classification of selective encryption algorithm is relative to when encryption is performed with respect to compression.

Failure is relative and when you assign meaning to something that happens, you alone define that circumstance.

"Budget travel" is relative, so when speaking about the Maldives our definition needs to be a bit flexible, and our expectations need to be adjusted.