Sentence examples for like a relative from inspiring English sources

The scoundrel owes me several hundert dollars, and I gave him themoney to go with me to Germany, he was treated at my brothers like a relative and now both of them are doing their best to rum me down.

There was no difference across demographic indices between those who would like a relative to speak to them and those who would not (Table 2).

Respondents who disagreed that they would like a relative with diabetes to speak to them about reducing their risk of diabetes were less likely to regard diabetes as being as serious as cancer.

When respondents were asked whether they would like to make decisions about their care, 47.8% (n = 96) said yes, if they had the capacity to do so; however, more said they would like a relative to be involved (55.7% n = 112).

"Mexico is like a relative that isn't there," he said.

People get out on parole, and it is like a relative dying.

On a relative-to-market basis, the stocks we liked had a relative performance of 104 against the Standard & Poor's 500, and 124 against the Nasdaq.

Laurence Lemieux will share a program with Dominique Porte, like Ms. Lemieux a relative unknown in New York.

He recalled how Mr. Wilson trounced Kathleen Brown, like Mr. Simon a relative newcomer, to win re-election in 1994.

"I didn't think it would be like this," a relative confided to her as the days passed.

Cricket is one tight-knit, inclusive family, and maiming a fellow player is like harming a relative, or one of your kids.