false relation
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As for our former experience, we were in a false relation, and it made fools of us both.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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 Darwin, Francis, Sir
The medical profession holds a most false relation to society.
From The Royal Road to Health by Tyrrell, Charles Alfred
Does this not strike you as a good case of false relation?
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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 Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
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