RELATIVE in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for RELATIVE, such as:
1. They now live in relative comfort.
2. It's a relative quality, after all.
3. I'm a relative newcomer to the retail business.
4. Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
5. The last five years have seen a period of relative calm.
2. It's a relative quality, after all.
3. I'm a relative newcomer to the retail business.
4. Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
5. The last five years have seen a period of relative calm.
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Meanings and Examples of RELATIVE
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relative
n. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
a. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 There was hardly a family in Georgia who could not own to their sorrow at least one male member or relative who gambled, losing money, houses, land and slaves.
2 Their young brother Dallas was their darling and the only relative the maiden ladies had in the world.
3 Except for Aunt Pittypat and Uncle Henry and you, she hasn't a close relative in the world, except the Burrs in Macon and they're third cousins.
4 His sister, his only relative, had moved to Texas with her husband years ago and he was alone in the world.
5 No friend or relative stood up with them at their marriage.
6 It's a relative quality, after all.
7 Another aspect of the same idea had presented itself to her, and she felt that it was beneath her dignity to have her nerves racked by a dependent relative who wore her old clothes.
8 As for Carol, she was an orphan; her only near relative was a vanilla-flavored sister married to an optician in St. Paul.
9 They had two meals with Carol's sister, and were bored, and felt that intimacy which beatifies married people when they suddenly admit that they equally dislike a relative of either of them.
10 The true Main Streetite defines a relative as a person to whose house you go uninvited, to stay as long as you like.
11 Mrs. Bogart showed herself perfectly willing to be an associate relative.
12 From its relative situation then, I should call this high hump the organ of firmness or indomitableness in the Sperm Whale.
13 Their agreement with him was made before they left the old country, through a cousin of his, who was also a relative of Mrs. Shimerda.
14 This change had brought them nigher to each other, however, while it altered their relative positions.
15 At all events, a short, squab female relative who was present at his birth exclaimed as she lifted up the baby: "He is altogether different from what I had expected him to be."
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 This British author has chosen to live in relative anonymity on a Pacific island.
2 If Henry V at Agincourt had spoken to his army about relative troop strengths, we might all be speaking French.
3 Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
4 I'm a relative newcomer to the retail business.
5 The relative frequency of this illness in the area is of concern to all doctors.
6 We need to consider the relative merits of both makes of cooker.
7 Discussion continues as to the relative merits of the different schemes.
8 The politicians jockeyed about in order to establish relative power within the party.
9 The relative status of the speakers affects what language is used.
10 They now live in relative comfort.
11 Caring for a sick relative is a task that brings both pleasure and pain.
12 The last five years have seen a period of relative calm.
13 Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success.
14 The doctor may seek the concurrence of a relative before carrying out the procedure.
15 He tended to stick to the relative safety of San Francisco's gay ghetto.