How to Use relationship in a Sentence

relationship

noun
  • 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.
  • And are there costs to us in the fraying of the relationship?
    CBS News, 20 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • But cutting him out of the book broke the relationship.
    Joshua Benton, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
  • 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
  • As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends never part.
    Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Building trust is the place to start in any relationship.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Reach out and see where this relationship might take you.
    Jared Yellin, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Instead, the gifts opened the door to long-term relationships with the women.
    Serena Solomon, Woman's Day, 24 Sep. 2018
  • 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
  • So to have that thrown at him in such a heated moment strains the relationship.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.
    Brady Slack, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • To have had it and still have a good relationship with DC.
    Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2020
  • None of his adult children have any sort of relationship with him.
    Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • This show is so personal to my life and to my own relationship with my dad.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2023
  • As the months went on, the pandemic was very hard on our relationship.
    Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2021
  • This relationship might be a mess, but the kitchens remain on-point.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Before the the big day, here's a look back at the couple's relationship.
    Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 27 Apr. 2019
  • In a lot of ways, that relationship will continue to be true.
    Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2020
  • There’s still work to be done in a relationship that will continue to change.
    Holly Patton, Vox, 11 June 2019
  • What was your relationship with fashion like in your younger years?
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The first is that our closest relationships are our most complex ones.
    Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Who doesn't want to see where that relationship would go, at least a little bit?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Nov. 2020
  • But as our relationship progressed, so did his mood swings and anger.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Some of them are already in relationships, but that could change, who knows.
    Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 31 May 2018
  • And going out a couple times a week without you is not good for your relationship.
    Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017

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