How to Use relational in a Sentence

relational

adjective
  • Mid-month, the relational side of your life starts to wake up.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
  • Quinn is 21 years younger but cut out of the same, relational cloth.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2021
  • But relational depth matters just as much.
    — Brian Sullivan, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This is your moment to name your needs and release old relational habits that keep you out of alignment.
    — Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
  • The vibe is soft, relational, and grounding.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 4 Jan. 2026
  • There is a real need for social health — for relational health — and this is a great way to access that.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But in many cases, the real drain is relational.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The truck driver may be gone, because tasks in that job don’t have a relational component.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the message remains relational at its core.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • If relational changes are necessary, choose a clear goal that those involved can sustain over time.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2026
  • For you, Capricorn is a part of your chart that deals with debts and loans, financial and relational.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But there’s relational loneliness, which is desire for someone as close as a friend.
    — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Venus across Chiron can put you in the relational hot seat today.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This impulse toward shared voicing and relational meaning is what attracts me to the verse play as a form.
    — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Over time, the nervous system links desire with relational risk.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Sudden relational changes breeze through the cosmos as Venus squares off with Uranus.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Your words can lead to a relational breakthrough during the Capricorn moon.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
  • For me, learning is less academic and more relational.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • May all your erotic, personal, and relational dreams be yours this birthday!
    — Colin Bedell, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Scientists can then use this relational data to infer what the dog family tree must have looked like.
    — Grace Huckins, Wired, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Venus meeting Uranus can shift relational dynamics on a dime.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This is your moment to let go of control in service of deeper relational equity.
    — Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
  • But even done imperfectly, this kind of convening helps to build relational trust.
    — Sherman Dorn, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2021
  • It has been said that the best predictor of one’s mental health is one’s relational health or connectedness.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 24 May 2023
  • Anything is better than sensing the deepening relational void back at home.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The relational damage within a community from such a lawsuit can linger for years.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • Not having the romantic experiences our peers seem to have can feel like a sort of relational poverty.
    — Gina Ryder, Teen Vogue, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Jump into the relational fire while Mercury retrograde joins the sun.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Job crafting can be transactional, based on a to do list, but also relational, in terms of our feelings and values around our role.
    — Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • And Sybase was troubled at the time and was a relational database company looking for the next chapter, so to speak.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 19 Apr. 2018

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