Sentence examples for odd relatives from inspiring English sources

The fact that in any aristocratic family concubines outnumber wives five to one, and the convention of taking the will for the deed by adopting an heir makes it plain that the Son of Heaven must have some pretty odd relatives.

Now the bizarre comment makes sense, as it's what is bound to happen in the evolution of same-sex marriage: the jokes, as in the Borscht-like humor of crazy spousal behavior, odd relatives, interfering in-laws and, inevitably, divorce.

Maybe we should visit the odd relative in Ottawa or, darn it, just be plain too busy meditating at the beach.

But just like the odd relative who still relies on the fax machine, some in the disability community don't get it yet.

A man I'll call Ibrahim was sitting with the twenty-odd relatives he lived with; his house had been passed down from his grandfather to his father, along with a wooden loom on which Ibrahim wove carpets and other textiles.

Odds ratios reflect odds relative to overall average odds.

REBECCA MEAD: I feel like the odd English relative of an "American family" COMMENT FROM JOY: enjoying boehner's pink tie STEVE COLL: Hanging in there.

On their backs, these small, odd-shaped relatives of cicadas sport outgrowths called helmets, which resemble seeds, thorns, caterpillar poop, and even ants.

4) told their observers who searched for a target diamond of odd color relative to distractors that a target of the same color would always appear on two consecutive trials (e.g. red) followed by two presentations of a green target followed by two red targets and so on.

‡ Odds ratios relative to attending religious service "More than weekly".

Comparison of effect of risk factors (Odds Ratio, Relative Risk) between studies is hard [ 5].