Sentence examples for relative, which from inspiring English sources

It does have one close relative, which it appears to predate: the thimble-rig, or shell game.

He rebounded in Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," then shot a sitcom called "Everything's Relative," which lasted only six episodes.

But the reunion, he said, is not a gag, nor is it a promotion for his book on genealogy, "It's All Relative," which he has yet to finish.

This isn't a sequel, but a "blood relative", which was based on a script entirely unrelated to the Abrams-produced Cloverfield banner.

The improvements in security, he said, are "relative," which is a heavy qualification, given the extreme violence of 2006 and early 2007.

Perhaps most strikingly, the donated papers also feature some 16 unused songs from "Fiddler," including the numbers "I Had a Relative," which recalls family members lost in pogroms, and "Dear, Sweet Sewing Machine," an aborted comic paean to this appliance.

"Suburban stations were some very close relatives, which replicated that symbol on a smaller scale".

Casual notes to friends and relatives which frequently accompany scraps of verse help to reveal the poet's enigmatic character.

His stepfather beat him regularly and he was sexually abused by relatives, which was even more damaging.

Her admiration for Swinburne drew disapproval from her relatives, which made her all the more determined to declare her love.

In Mansfield Park, worldly Mary Crawford says she also has nautical relatives, which acquainted her "with a circle of admirals.