How to Use relationship in a Sentence

relationship

noun
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  • I am not in a relationship right now.
  • She has a close relationship with her sister.
  • The relationship between the two countries has improved.
  • She has had many bad relationships.
  • The Foos have had a strong relationship with the show over the years.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Many put the onus on Metro to make the relationship work.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • And are there costs to us in the fraying of the relationship?
    — CBS News, 20 Nov. 2019
  • This could have been the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or your sense of place in the world.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2021
  • To have had it and still have a good relationship with DC.
    — Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The relationships have been — kind is not even a good enough word.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
  • But a relationship with the city is at the core of the sport’s allure, its devotees say.
    — Hanako Lowry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • But cutting him out of the book broke the relationship.
    — Joshua Benton, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
  • Instead, the gifts opened the door to long-term relationships with the women.
    — Serena Solomon, Woman's Day, 24 Sep. 2018
  • As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends never part.
    — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.
    — Brady Slack, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Before the the big day, here's a look back at the couple's relationship.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 27 Apr. 2019
  • This relationship might be a mess, but the kitchens remain on-point.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Building trust is the place to start in any relationship.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • How has the relationship between India and the U.S. changed?
    — Time, 20 June 2023
  • But the relationship between Nielsen and the networks, long fraught, has been souring for the past few years.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Reach out and see where this relationship might take you.
    — Jared Yellin, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • So to have that thrown at him in such a heated moment strains the relationship.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Dear Amy: My wife and I have a strained relationship with my parents, who live out of state.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The relationship came to light when a teacher at the school caught wind of a rumor mentioned by the girl’s teammates.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • As the months went on, the pandemic was very hard on our relationship.
    — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Who doesn't want to see where that relationship would go, at least a little bit?
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Some of them are already in relationships, but that could change, who knows.
    — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 31 May 2018
  • None of his adult children have any sort of relationship with him.
    — Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • There’s still work to be done in a relationship that will continue to change.
    — Holly Patton, Vox, 11 June 2019
  • In a lot of ways, that relationship will continue to be true.
    — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2020

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