RELATION in a Sentence

Learn RELATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for RELATION, such as:
1. A good friend is my nearest relation.
2. Steve is a distant relation of my wife.
3. I understand him to be a distant relation.
4. Its brain is small in relation to its body.
5. Your answer has no relation to the question.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of RELATION
relation
 n.  (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
 n.  an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I well knew that if any other had communicated such a relation to me, I should have looked upon it as the ravings of insanity.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  I am an unfortunate and deserted creature, I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  It was carelessly at first, like a man chiefly accustomed to look inward, and to whom external matters are of little value and import, unless they bear relation to something within his mind.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
4  Mine was the first wrong, when I betrayed thy budding youth into a false and unnatural relation with my decay.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
5  But, it must now be said, another portion of the community had latterly begun to take its own view of the relation betwixt Mr. Dimmesdale and the mysterious old physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
6  In other words, Mr. Dimmesdale, whose sensibility of nerve often produced the effect of spiritual intuition, would become vaguely aware that something inimical to his peace had thrust itself into relation with him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
7  When we last spake together," said Hester, "now seven years ago, it was your pleasure to extort a promise of secrecy as touching the former relation betwixt yourself and me.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
8  His subject, it appeared, had been the relation between the Deity and the communities of mankind, with a special reference to the New England which they were here planting in the wilderness.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
9  It was the offer of a small house, on very easy terms, belonging to a relation of her own, a gentleman of consequence and property in Devonshire.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
10  She is a relation of the Colonel's, my dear; a very near relation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
11  I was banished to the house of a relation far distant, and she was allowed no liberty, no society, no amusement, till my father's point was gained.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
12  Elinor, affected by his relation, and still more by his distress, could not speak.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
13  Your sister, I hope, cannot be offended," said he, "by the resemblance I have fancied between her and my poor disgraced relation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
14  I called her a distant relation; but I am well aware that I have in general been suspected of a much nearer connection with her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
15  I come now to the relation of a misfortune, which about this time befell Mrs. John Dashwood.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The energy an animal uses is in direct relation to speed and body mass.
2  Its brain is small in relation to its body.
3  A different vision of the company might draw upon the democratic ideal which inspires the relation of the citizen to the state.
4  She used the map to discover where she was in relation to her surroundings.
5  A good friend is my nearest relation.
6  This will involve examination of the relation of size to the various cost components.
7  At first capital only gained advantage in relation to labor and may even have lost some ground to the state.
8  Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.
9  Watercolour still seems somehow to be the poor relation of oil painting.
10  Your answer has no relation to the question.
11  I have a lot to say in relation to that affair.
12  For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost.
13  I understand him to be a distant relation.
14  Steve is a distant relation of my wife.
15  He's called Brady too, but we're no relation.