Relatives

Examples

• They belong to men who are blood-relatives. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I address these lines--written in India--to my relatives in England. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He is not, he is living with his relatives in Germany. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• By a strange fatality Juliet alone escaped, and she to the last waited on her relatives, and smoothed the pillow of death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Young couples, who had loved long and hopelessly, suddenly found every impediment removed, and wealth pour in from the death of relatives. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• How did she like her relatives? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• When his own relatives came she was treated better. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A heavenly composure filled my mind, on that Saturday afternoon, as I sat at the window waiting the arrival of my relatives. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The lawyers told me that there were no relatives alive, and that I was justly entitled to spend the money, so that is how I became rich. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Whether Shirley had become wearied of her honoured relatives is not known. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is just as well that we should do business with the male relatives. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But are your relatives so very poor? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Well, when a man asks another to his house to stay—to be introduced to his relatives—it is uncommonly like friendship. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They were merely indulging in the ordinary vivacious chat of relatives who have long been parted in person though not in soul. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In the large wainscoted parlor too there were constantly pairs of eyes on the watch, and own relatives eager to be sitters-up. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• No, sir; I am not on such terms with my relatives as would justify me in asking favours of them--but I shall advertise. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Wildeve had died intestate, and she and the child were his only relatives. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Bound to happen to a good-looking girl with stingy relatives, I suppose; anyhow, they DID happen, and she found the ground prepared for her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• All that she could spare of overflowing love from her parents' memory, and attention to her living relatives, was spent upon religion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He might remain in Switzerland, and wreak his vengeance on my relatives. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Relatives, friends, and strangers all combine to annoy me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The elder, Solomon, remained with his relatives in Connecticut until old enough to do for himself, when he emigrated to the British West Indies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Sanders’ relatives came to the aid of the Bell Company, and put money into its treasury, and soon Hubbard was leasing out telephones at the rate of a thousand a month. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Not now, but he has had--or, at least, relatives. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In the intervals of remission, when his mind was clear, I entreated him to tell me of any relatives of his to whom I might write. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There was a woman at the desk who wrote down Catherine's name, age, address, relatives and religion, in a book. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Sir Percival had neither friends nor relatives in the neighbourhood whose intercession I could attempt to employ. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was another old acquaintance returned to England, and at a time when his presence was likely to be of great comfort to his relatives there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She had forgotten her relatives, who were drifting out into the hall under Ellen Olenska's guidance. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

Typist: Manfred