Relationship

//ɹɪˈleɪʃn̩ˌʃɪp//

"Relationship" in a Sentence (20 examples)

Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

In general, the relationship between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

Brian regrets starting a relationship with her and wants to escape from her.

Finally, their friendship ended and their close relationship disappeared.

Before the arrival of this skyscraper, all the buildings in the city stood in special relationship to each other.

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Up to now we've been taking a casual relaxed attitude toward our relationship but I want to start looking at us more critically.

I hope that your future activities will expand our relationship with your firm.

Nowadays there is a close relationship between foreign relations and domestic affairs.

Your impetuous remarks about us seem to have rung down the curtain on our good relationship.

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But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.

“The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. Our two democracies share common values of individual freedom, the rule of law, and a respect for human dignity. Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” Pompeo wrote.

Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.

They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married.

I'm not advocating sexual promiscuity but I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage.

Her most satisfying sexual relationship seemed to be a threesome with Charles Chaplin Jr. and Eddy Robinson Jr., the spurned sons of famous film fathers.

Contrary to the popular perception that love typically sparks from passion, a new study finds two-thirds of romantic relationships begin as long-term friendships.

Only 25.3% of our participants had a social peer group, and just 3.4% had ever been in a romantic relationship. None were currently in a relationship or married.

I have a good working relationship with my boss.

“I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship.

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