Editorial »

How to use the word relational in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

16 results found

We are very relational creatures, there's no doubt in my mind that people can and will emotionally relate to robots in the future.

Kate Darling

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a substantial amount of research in human-robot interaction that shows that people can develop genuine emotional attachments to robots, and that this is something that can be intentionally encouraged through design, we are very relational creatures.

Kate Darling

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The thing is: our ways were right and always have been, we know how to make bounty on this earth. How to live EASILY. Our relational practices with each other and the earth are a FUNDAMENTAL CORE to a healthy and harmonious human experience.

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The difference may be how severe the physical violence gets. Boys tend to do more damage, particularly when older, it was also assumed that girls relied more on relational aggression( e.g., strategies to socially humiliate, isolating, injure reputation) than boys. However, there is evidence that brothers use this approach about the same too.

Jonathan Caspi

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Employers may want to consider allowing employees to have a little more autonomy at work, like they have some kind of choice on the job, and when the emotional effort is clearly linked to financial or relational rewards, the effects aren't so bad.

Alicia Grandey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Employers may want to consider allowing employees to have a little more autonomy at work, like they have some kind of choice on the job, and when the emotional effort is clearly linked to financial or relational rewards, the effects arent so bad.

Alicia Grandey

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Just like folks can get caught in a negative relational cycle, couples can often also get stuck in a negative sexual cycle, i tell couples that when the sex they're having is worth having, they'll have more of it. And so we need to explore what blocks exist to creating that place between them.

Michael Moran

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Every couple should take preventive measures to maintain health in their relationship, just like going to the gym, if couples don't work their relational and emotional' muscles,' they become un-toned, weak and create more of a chance of damage being done to their relationship.

Kristie Overstreet

Found on CNN
6 years ago

She reads Proust and he watches the Kardashians. Or worse, he wanted Clinton to win and she crows about Trump’s victory. Yes, the second will be much harder to overcome than the first, but relational happiness can prevail

Paul Hokemeyer

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Over the past decade that I've been working with relational and addictive disorders among America's elite men, women and families, I've seen extraordinary healing occur among the ashes of professional, personal and political wastelands.

Paul Hokemeyer

added by anonymous
7 years ago

People [also] lie because they suffer from an addictive or relational condition like a narcissistic, anti-social or borderline personality disorder. These people lie to manipulate others,

Paul Hokemeyer

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Compounding these physiologic issues are complex social and relational challenges that meet the veteran when they return home to established relationships, if you’re suffering from depression or PTSD, it’s more difficult to relate to your spouse, which can strain the relationship and diminish sexual wellness.

Benjamin Breyer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

From an evolutionary standpoint, it makes sense that women are wary of being touched by strangers, women have evolved mechanisms to be choosy about whom they mate with and to fear rape by a stranger. However, touch by friends is both relational -- women tend to befriend as a buffer against stress -- and pleasurable. Touch gives a nice boost of dopamine, the 'feel-good' hormone.

Wendy Walsh

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A lot of politics is relational. Can that person relate to me ? Does that person understand how I think ? Given Jeb's relationship with Columba, and Columba herself, people will say,' He understands how I think,'.

Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I immediately said yes, it must be so different to live in a world where people assume that … you are inept or incapable of having a relationship, or maybe even don’t want one. That’s really contrary to my clinical practice and even all of the available relational research to date.

Jenny Palmiotto

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

Susan Sontag

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for relational? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Word of the Day

    Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

    Please enter your email address:



    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
    A mitre
    B flair
    C elan
    D sheath