Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be Jehovah who has not left you at this time without a near relative, and may his name be famous in Israel.
She answered, "I am Ruth your servant; spread therefore your skirt over your servant, for you are a near relative.
Now it is true that I am a near relative; yet there is one nearer than I.
He is a near relative of the Shipley, McCollough and McCartney families, all of the old pike.
Colquit, a near relative of the Georgia Senator of that name, died in the Confederate service.
A man should never ask for an invitation to a ball for another person, except for his fiancee or a near relative.
Such permission is not usually asked if the man is her fiance, a near relative, or an old friend.
She would naturally do so when the request is for a near relative, or the betrothed of the one making the request.
Many a child sees in its dreams someone, often a near relative, fastened on the carriage of a sawmill and inevitably approaching a buzz-saw, or fastened inextricably to the rails while an express train thunders down on them.
Hence the important rule in medical practice that a seriously ill patient should not be told of an accident, and, above all, of the death of a near relative.
When she can thus conceal her own solicitude, a near relative may be the best possible auxiliary in psychotherapeutics.
Baretta (Helietta parvifolia) which occurs as a small tree in southern Texas, is a near relative.
It is in a family by itself with no near relative.
I will not indicate his name, but I may state that he is a near relative of the eminent electrician who illuminates so magnificently the fountains at South Kensington.
I have vainly made inquiry of a near relative, who knew nothing about them.
This is a near relative of the Indian koel, which bears remarkable resemblance to an American hawk (Accipiter cooperi).
The grey-winged ouzel is a near relative of the English blackbird.
It does not occur on the Nilgiris, but a near relative is to be numbered among the commonest birds of those hills, being found in every wood and in almost every garden.
Billing, a near relative of Mrs. Bigelow, and the mother of that Miss Rose M.
This vine is a near relative of the pumpkins and squashes of our gardens.
It resembles the common Jamestown-weed, of which it is a near relative, but may be distinguished by its large flower and its cylindrical calyx, which is not angled.
This plant is a near relative of the redwood-sorrel, and its flowers are similar in size and veining, and also in their habit of closing at night.
What a brilliant prospect for the Jews that a near relative of the Emperor Titus should reconstruct the Temple which the latter had destroyed!
If a person is ill, a near relative, or intimate friend, may leave a card for her at the house of the friend upon whom she wished to call.
Black dresses trimmed with black crape are usually worn for the first few months by women who have lost a near relative.
He will, of course, provide a chaperon, who in many respects takes the place of a hostess and so acts, but her name does not appear upon his invitation, unless she be his sister or near relative.
As a near relative of his enemy owed him "thirty" (P30) he transferred the fine to him but the transference was not accepted on the ground that the Nábuk man ought to pay his fine first.
She can not, however, be married if a funeral feast[23] for a near relative of the family is still unfulfilled.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "near relative" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
