Even the actions of his most dearly beloved relatives must be examined objectively.

"What joy can be sweeter than the company of beloved relatives," Hafiz replied, "beloved relatives and, er, um ..." He looked at Gill's flaming red beard and freckled skin.

At Le Grenouille, guests are greeted like beloved relatives who have unexpectedly turned up for a meal.

What you hear at these airports is about beloved relatives who are in failing health, or not-so-beloved relatives who are going to live forever.

In Ashkenazi Jewish culture, it is a custom to name a child after a beloved relative who died as a way of honoring the deceased.

Subtitled "The Story of a Childhood," it is indeed that, albeit a childhood overshadowed from the age of 9 by Iran's Islamic revolution, and including among much else the deaths of beloved relatives and friends.

Charles Fulco, a photographer and teacher, has used his flower and vegetable garden in Port Chester to commemorate a beloved relative who is no longer living.

Particularly winning among family memoirs about beloved relatives is the book about the beloved relative who happens to be a remarkable person you would never have heard of otherwise.

She answered as though she were talking of beloved relatives.

It's like watching a beloved relative who is no longer himself.