false relation
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Moreover," he continued, after a moment's thought, "you are drifting into a false relation with Arnault, although you may not be conscious of it.
From A Young Girl's Wooing by Edward Payson Roe
The false relation they bear to snails is the most extraordinary thing of the kind I have ever seen.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
The medical profession holds a most false relation to society.
From The Royal Road to Health by Charles Alfred Tyrrell
Under a triforium, in blind, is a sculptured drapery; again a feature more pagan than Christian, but which is here more pleasing than when usually found in such a false relation.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
It has put us in a false relation which was exasperating me and puzzling you.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
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