How to Use communication in a Sentence

communication

noun
  • There was a breakdown in communication between members of the group.
  • You don't talk to him, he talks at you. You scream and shout at each other, but there's no communication.
    Zadie Smith, White Teeth,
  • He majored in communications in college.
  • He is studying insect communication.
  • Communications is a growing industry.
  • My father, living or dead, does not want to be in constant communication with anyone.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Working with minor leaguers is only as good as your communication skills and your message.
    Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • File all of this away for adolescence, when children’s emotional ranges once again grow faster than their communication skills do.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Why does my dog tilt its head?:Trying to understand your pet's nonverbal communication.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2023
  • And then at least one Secret Service officer is going to be stationed with each state and local law enforcement agency at the event's communications hub.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Murkowski also urged more communication from the Biden administration with the public about the incident.
    Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • For many organizations, the primary reason behind such strict social media policies is the fear of losing control over brand communications.
    Bradley Keenan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • But both men agreed on the need to keep lines of communication open.
    Selina Wang, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Within minutes of the strike, the plant was back in communication with the grid.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 31 May 2022
  • And that sort of communication has to be at an all-time high.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • And that's kind of where it's been as far as my communication with him.
    Kristie Rieken, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • For Howard, communication is a point of pride as a coach.
    Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The style of communication throughout the episode is visual via a screen, not by phone.
    Mike Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Jones felt the communication with the sideline was good.
    Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • His last communication with Burnett was a note in the mail.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Dear Amy: My wife had a male friend who moved away many years ago and broke off all communication with her.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2021
  • This gut and brain communication is known as the gut-brain axis.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • Castillo said communication must have failed at some step of the process.
    Laurel Weibezahn, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Even that has shifted us in a weird way in our communication.
    Ashley Hume, Variety, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The pair, who have been married since December 1999, says their relationship works because their communication is strong.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024

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