How to Use bonding in a Sentence

bonding

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  • He and his dad spent the weekend together for some male bonding.
  • Reach out to a close friend (or friends) for some bonding time.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
  • With the coaches and team bonding, it’s been huge for us.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2023
  • This is about your baby’s health, your health and bonding with the baby.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • After their week of working and bonding, though, the project was in limbo for awhile.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Their gift was the trip, the bonding, the experience and the inspiration that came with it.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2022
  • And the vibe was what can only be described as trauma bonding.
    — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Being a part of the holiday ad is only one of the many bonding moments Nicholas and Craig share.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • This desire for bonding drew in Tollin, the film’s director, too.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • But one technique, a form of what’s called III-V-to-silicon-wafer bonding, finds a way around that.
    — Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The birds are pair bonding and nest building ahead of breeding season.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
  • On the other hand, there may be bonding and mental health benefits for both the pet and the owner as well.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa spent a little bonding time with their daughter!
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • As great as those benefits might be, making the switch to hybrid bonding isn’t easy.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2024
  • They’re bonded together in a process called face-to-face wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2024
  • If one of you wants to relax by the pool and the other is hoping for nonstop bonding time, that might create some friction.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Venus fusing with Saturn sets off a new cycle of bonding.
    — USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The clubs could play those games in Europe, of course, but team bonding is another reason many prefer to leave home in the summer.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • Zoo staff also had to be careful not to interfere with the mother and the baby during their bonding time.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • While school districts issue bonds to build schools, no charter school in Ohio has raised money through bonding.
    — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
  • If Netflix and chill is your go-to activity for bonding with your partner, there’s both good news and bad news.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 7 May 2023
  • There’s going to be some trauma bonding going on between them, for sure.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The memory of that epic-length bonding will be more than just a relaxing thought, if her Eras are the ones that help define yours, in the way that only great pop can.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The bonding program usually gives $5,000 worth of coverage for workers’ first six months of a full-time or part-time gig.
    — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
  • Circle bonding that made their parents’ years a household name.
    — Alexis Gunderson, Chron, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Paltrow’s bonding retreat follows a contentious first half of the year for the actress, whose ski collision trial came to a close in March.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • That puts Joshua and Alphie on a collision course to some serious bonding.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • If winning correlates with bonding, Notre Dame football might rebound the way their new coach bounces around the field: rapidly.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • But the excitement of reuniting and bonding soon fades as tension quickly rises among the group.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
  • But their bonding experience is cut short when something explodes in the engine room and Tom’s boat sinks.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023

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