How to Use communication in a Sentence

communication

noun
  • There was a breakdown in communication between members of the group.
  • He majored in communications in college.
  • He is studying insect communication.
  • Communications is a growing industry.
  • Tsosie said that the next communication from the bank was that the funds had run out.
    Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 6 June 2020
  • The two sides had been in communication for months about the event.
    Perry Stein, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2017
  • But both men agreed on the need to keep lines of communication open.
    Selina Wang, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • And that sort of communication has to be at an all-time high.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Within minutes of the strike, the plant was back in communication with the grid.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 31 May 2022
  • Jones felt the communication with the sideline was good.
    Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Our communication wasn’t that great in the first half, and that’s kind of what sparked us.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 16 May 2018
  • And that's kind of where it's been as far as my communication with him.
    Kristie Rieken, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Castillo said communication must have failed at some step of the process.
    Laurel Weibezahn, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The style of communication throughout the episode is visual via a screen, not by phone.
    Mike Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
  • To keep them with you for a while, work to maintain a healthy give and take in any communication between the two of you.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Even that has shifted us in a weird way in our communication.
    Ashley Hume, Variety, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Bauer said there has been no communication from the league to either him or the Dodgers since the report.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2021
  • For Howard, communication is a point of pride as a coach.
    Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2020
  • This gut and brain communication is known as the gut-brain axis.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • His last communication with Burnett was a note in the mail.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2021
  • What is your plan to repair that line of communication?
    Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2019
  • How does a person shut down and not have any communication?
    cleveland, 5 Aug. 2021
  • So much of the communication was a visual exchange, and that was so lovely.
    Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In most cases, an email or text is the preferred mode of communication.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 14 June 2022
  • In so many ways Tess has taught me about communication.
    Keith Murphy, EW.com, 13 May 2022
  • Lillard said that the team is still working on its communication in a new system.
    oregonlive, 6 Oct. 2021
  • That was a good example of how that kind of communication could be helpful.
    WSJ, 13 July 2018
  • Macharia said the outage also cut off most of his communication.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Our communication should be better, and this bye week showed that.
    Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • And that is bend communication and other technologies to our needs and our will.
    Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022

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