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.
  • The lack of transition effort and communication isn't a constant throughout most contests, and a common pattern has emerged in second halves.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Jan. 2023
  • So, the Rams’ coaching staff wanted the rookie to work on his pre-snap identifications and communications.
    Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Research has shown that one reason for Zoom fatigue is the brain’s attempt to compensate for the lack of full-body, nonverbal communication cues.
    thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Now, of course, the government might try to intercept that communication by this al-Qaeda terrorist overseas, but that's much harder.
    CBS News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The free dating site option includes the personality test and limited communication with other members on the site.
    Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Folks don’t really write letters anymore — epistolary communication has migrated to e-mail.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • In 1999, Doe reengaged communication with Manson, who invited her to travel with the band on tour.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2023
  • 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 chain of command, and lines of communication, will be different from project to project.
    Bob Verini, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023

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