How to Use relic in a Sentence

relic

noun
  • These are not relics of the distant past.
    — Deborah Archer, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
  • That is a relic of a bygone era.
    — Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Some may regard gold as a low-yield relic.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Their design is more than just a relic from the aughts.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Today, many may view it as a relic.
    — Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • Not a house of relics, not a memorial.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The dress is not the first relic from the movie to go missing.
    — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • But these relics are now at risk as the city continues to grow.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2024
  • Rail lines once written off as relics are stirring back to life.
    — Chelsea Haney october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Even then, don’t just plug in your relic and flip the power switch.
    — David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Not as purchases — but as relics.
    — Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Some suites include framed relics of the Yasakai Kaikan.
    — Leandra Beabout, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • See Space Race relics from the Cold War.
    — Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Most of these relics are easy to spot and even easier to replace.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The hotel is preserving relics from his time across the fort.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There are three levels of relics, Bettin said.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • So, what was this relic doing under my bed?
    — Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The two components present in Cannes are the relics of that great project.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • Embellished with gold mining relics, the wine cave gives a nod to the era.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
  • This image, like game rentals as a whole, is now a relic of a bygone era.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
  • And unlike most other relics from the past, they can all be made to breathe and run and live again.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2023
  • These relics stand as reminders of those who came before, setting the scene.
    — Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs and apostles, Rossi said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But the city sees potential in this relic.
    — Ishan Thakore, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • Most of the relics are tiny fragments of bones, flesh or hair from the different saints.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Its sprawling cave system holds the relics of dozens of saints revered by both churches.
    — CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • In that moment, the bottle isn’t a relic.
    — Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But lately, certain relics—tallow, bay rum, horn combs—have crept back in.
    — Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Our Bill of Rights is not a lifeless relic.
    — Chris Mattei, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
  • And so a lot of Tribes are still using blood quantum sort of as relics from that time.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024

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