RELIC in a Sentence
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33 example sentences for RELIC, such as:
1. In short, the relic was a strange one.
2. It was the last relic of the old system.
3. Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
4. He lent these relics to Mr. Harling, who brought them home with him.
5. Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall.
2. It was the last relic of the old system.
3. Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
4. He lent these relics to Mr. Harling, who brought them home with him.
5. Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of RELIC
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relic
n. something of sentimental value
n. an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1 With the exception of the dark-eyed woman's chair, which looked like a soiled relic of luxury bought at a country auction, the furniture was of the roughest kind.
2 The iron bars were a relic of the old regime, and no one had ever thought of dislodging them.
3 That's just a romantic figure of speech, a relic of the swooning and die-away romanticism.
4 I must congratulate you on coming into the possession, though in rather a tragic manner of a relic which is of great intrinsic value, but of even greater importance as an historical curiosity.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
5 Do what you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic in the heart of man, love.
6 In short, the relic was a strange one.
7 Julie saw the means offered of carrying off her precious relic, which Monte Cristo had forgotten.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
Context Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
8 Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
9 He maintained, with peculiar satisfaction, it seemed, that maiden modesty is a mere relic of barbarism, and that nothing could be more natural than for a man still youngish to handle a young girl naked.
10 Quickly she snatched the curtain lengths from Scarlett, holding them against her monumental, sagging breasts as if they were holy relics.
11 She remembered that Kennicott's mother had brought these family relics from the old home in Lac-qui-Meurt.
12 He lent these relics to Mr. Harling, who brought them home with him.
13 A new race of beings must have sprung up, leaving only you and me as past relics.
14 Sheep's bones were sheep's bones to them, not the relics of the drowned Lady Ermyntrude.
15 Yet they all had lived and died unconscious of the different fates awaiting their relics.
Example Sentence:
1 She said it was the last relic she should ever have of her child; and that no other memorial of her could ever be so precious, because this one parted latest from the living body before the awful death came.
2 Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking any ancient relic out of the country.
3 It was the last relic of the old system.
4 It contains some interesting relics, including the door of the condemned cell from the old Calton jail.
5 Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall.
6 They moved in on a large amount of cultural relics during the period of the Second World War.
7 We are going to put on an exhibition of cultural relics next Tuesday.
8 During the dig, the archeological team found some relics from the Stone Age.
9 When they unearth the city, the archeologists find many relics of an ancient civilization.