Examples of relic in a Sentence
a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals
in my grandparents' attic are many “groovy” relics from the 1960s
Recent Examples on the Web
Two other favorites: Spread across two Renaissance mansions and a beautiful courtyard, Musée Carnavalet explores the history of Paris through street signs and other fascinating relics of its past.
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
Mary Desjardins, a professor of film and media studies at Dartmouth, compared such items to saints’ relics.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Traditional phones may seem like relics in the iPhone era, but a recent AT&T cellular service outage had some landline lovers extolling their virtues.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
The kind outlawed in the United States by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Slavery as a relic of the 19th Century.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Greece’s first archaeology museums, meanwhile, privileged the relics of the city’s Periclean heyday over items from earlier eras or the non-Greek world.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Two weeks later, a bust was also found close to the site of the original find, and the relics were cleaned, examined and reassembled by a conservator, who dated the sculpture to the 1st century or 2nd century.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
Pi is a special number — so special, in fact, that most laypeople are probably aware of it, even if only as a relic of bygone classroom lectures or geometry textbooks.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Among these is a towering and weathered sign for a long-defunct roadside restaurant, one of the ghost-town relics of Route 66’s heyday, before an interstate left it in the dust.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
Mary Desjardins, a professor of film and media studies at Dartmouth, compared such items to saints’ relics.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Traditional phones may seem like relics in the iPhone era, but a recent AT&T cellular service outage had some landline lovers extolling their virtues.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
The kind outlawed in the United States by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Slavery as a relic of the 19th Century.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Greece’s first archaeology museums, meanwhile, privileged the relics of the city’s Periclean heyday over items from earlier eras or the non-Greek world.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Two weeks later, a bust was also found close to the site of the original find, and the relics were cleaned, examined and reassembled by a conservator, who dated the sculpture to the 1st century or 2nd century.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
Pi is a special number — so special, in fact, that most laypeople are probably aware of it, even if only as a relic of bygone classroom lectures or geometry textbooks.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Among these is a towering and weathered sign for a long-defunct roadside restaurant, one of the ghost-town relics of Route 66’s heyday, before an interstate left it in the dust.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
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“Relic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relic. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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relic
noun
rel·ic
ˈrel-ik 
1
: an object treated with great respect because of its connection with a saint or martyr
2
: something left behind after decay or disappearance
relics of ancient cities
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