Sentence examples for relics in a from inspiring English sources

"You might find these relics in a suitcase, and that's how the stories happen," she said.

He compares the pieces to relics in a world that might not be as post-religious as our rational minds would have us believe.

Pictures of confectionery goodies coexist with those of body parts and decaying relics in a realm where desire and entropy vie for dominance.

The rough-edged paper and coffee-colored hues she uses, as well as the way the work is unframed and pinned to the wall, makes it all look like relics in a natural history museum.

He began making mirrors that pilgrims could hold above their heads to get a better view of sacred relics in a crowd and perhaps, it was thought, catch some of the relic's magic.

In many ways, these men and women are on the wrong side of history — relics in a country where the center of gravity is moving to the cities, anachronisms and even embarrassments to a population consumed with visions of a 21st century knowledge economy.

Certainly she was a relic in a way.

The taxidermic dog is encased like a saint's relic in a vitrine.

My mother, husband, 1-year-old son and I flew to Athens with the relic in a carry-on.

His body is buried in Paris, but his heart was brought to Warsaw where it is kept as a national relic in a church.

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