Sentence examples for were relative from inspiring English sources
noun
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
- Why do my relatives always talk about sex?
Others were relative journeymen.
Most of its members were relative unknowns.
Other European visitors to China were relative pushovers.
South Korea and the UK were relative bright spots.
She was still younger and spryer than he, but all things were relative.
Her mother, Terry Probyn, and stepfather, Carl, were relative newcomers to the community.
With the exception of Piper Laurie (as the title character's mother), the cast were relative newcomers too.
As with the fanzine, we were relative amateurs and hadn't a clue how to fill a club.
But while the Aztecs (also known as Mexicas, hence Mexico's name) were relative newcomers, they also represented a certain continuity.
I was very clear in that speech, and have been ever since, about what our goals were relative to Russia.
In both cities, which were relative oases of calm until that point, fierce fighting has continued ever since.
