Sentence examples for poorer relation from inspiring English sources

At its rugby equivalent, supposedly a much poorer relation, the figure was remarkably similar: 51,621 over 48 games.

After decades in which UK urban music was the poorer relation of its hegemonic US cousin, the crowd is clearly here to see homegrown stars as much as glamorous imports such as female rapper Nicki Minaj, another of the evening's major attractions.

Mr. Watson had even poorer relations with his sister Jane.

Morariu knows what the poorer relations are up against.

They seemed smug, with a horribly patronising attitude to the poorer relations in the East.

The poor relation.

It remains the poor relation of medicine.

Is the short story really the novel's poor relation?

In other words, Molly is the poor relation.

Western Cameroons always has been a poor relation.

He had made a career of being a poor relation.