How to Use relation in a Sentence

relation

noun

• The incident led to tense international relations.
• To be sure, race relations have improved here as in the rest of the South.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
• The 1960s was a turbulent time for race relations in the country and the city.
  — Megan Sims, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
• So what does that mean for relations between the first- and second-largest economies in the world?
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• The two countries have relations that go back at least six decades.
  — Camille Elemia, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Is now the right time to push for better relations with Beijing?
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 June 2023
• The plot of the video bears little relation to the story of the song, which seems to describe an office romance.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 July 2023
• What is one of the things these opposing residents want the King to do in relation to its colonial rule of the country?
  — CNN, 2 Nov. 2023
• In his speech, Obama sought to reset strained relations between the United States and the world’s Muslims.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
• With the Kennedy name comes a headline-making celebration anytime one of their many, many relations ties the knot.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
• Kilicdaroglu had promised to put Turkey on a more democratic path and improve relations with the West.
  — Suzan Fraser and Cinar Kiper, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• Because, for Israel, normalizing with the keeper of the two holy mosques could pave the way for opening relations between Israel and the rest of the Muslim world.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2023
• The bureau has also been closely watching relations between the United States and Venezuela.
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Xi reportedly added that the future of China-U. S. relations lies with the people.
  — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• Country of interest: France France is a prime example of a country that backed away from building relations with Russia in light of the war in Ukraine.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 June 2023
• But two years after taking over Kabul’s ministries, the Taliban’s relations with the world are more complex than the chants of its supporters.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• But the Biden administration's tense relations with the kingdom have eased.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 16 June 2023
• Bauer said his relations with the San Diego woman were consensual.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Some observers hope that getting relations back on track will help China get its economy back on track too.
  — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• In previous years, Gates has enjoyed good relations with Xi.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 16 June 2023
• Beijing’s close relations with Tehran prompted Blinken to call Wang this month and ask for China to use its influence to prevent the conflict from widening.
  — Abigail Williams, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023
• But relations showed signs of stabilization as Xi traveled to San Francisco to meet with Biden.
  — Didi Tang, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• The Bolsheviks actually sought warm relations with a reborn Poland after Lenin took Russia out of the war in 1917.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
• The harm Miss Manners foresees is to neighborly relations when the owner feels trespassed upon.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• The sterile display bears little relation to the equipment after the fire, so the attorneys and their fire investigators viewed pre-fire photos of the poles.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2023
• This move opened the way for enhanced relations between Hamas and the Iranians, who now dealt directly with Gazan interlocutors.
  — Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2023
• That may have had more to do with China’s often-tense relations with India than with its attitude toward the concept in general.
  — Ted Anthony, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
• Their admit rate drops by more than two-thirds to just 11.3%, still slightly higher than students with no Ivy Plus relation, but nothing like the advantage gained by being a legacy.
  — James S. Murphy, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2023
• India, on the other hand, enjoys healthy relations with the West and other major economies, and is aggressively wooing large firms to set up factories in the country.
  — Diksha Madhok, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
• Qatar has also kept low-level relations with Israel at a time when other Gulf nations were firmly opposed to any outreach.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024