How to Use relate in a Sentence

relate

verb

• We listened eagerly as she related the whole exciting story.
• You must be feeling awful. I went through something similar myself last year, so I can relate.
• And at least one of the Janes could also relate to hers.
  — Naomi Shulman, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
• Many of Preserve and Protect Moose Pass’s complaints relate to the change in the scope of the project.
  — Riley Board, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2022
• In fact, his initial thought was to relate it to Covid-19.
  — Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022
• One thing that hasn't changed, though, is how the villas relate to the outdoors.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2021
• The instructor’s job is to help the students relate the texts to their own lives.
  — The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
• What role has fashion played in your work, and how does this film relate to that?
  — Vogue, 20 July 2021
• The cause of death was heat related, the state department of health said.
  — Max Golembo, ABC News, 21 June 2023
• So how does all this relate to living in the present moment?
  — Josee Larocque Patton, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• Just know that not everyone in your life may be able to relate to the depth of your grief.
  — Lianna Bass, SELF, 7 July 2022
• In fact, my guess is that many of the millions of people who have watched the series can relate.
  — Sophia A. Nelson, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
• Is that something either of you could relate to in your own lives?
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2022
• Can’t everyone relate to that, R and D alike, red and blue alike?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Dec. 2021
• Bencic, the 12th ranked WTA player in the world, said it’s helpful for the pair to relate on their struggles.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2021
• How will the series relate to the Percy Jackson movies?
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2022
• And that is a feeling that is really easy to relate to.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021
• Stoudamire can relate to the Celtics players about falling short.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
• Anyone who has had to send a kid down the aisle can probably relate.
  — Tori Polizzotto, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
• Rideau retained the existing crown molding and shiplap ceiling that relate to the rest of the house.
  — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2021
• The other is stocking the program with works to which those people should be able to relate.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 19 July 2021
• How does that relate to the purpose of fiction more broadly?
  — Katherine Hu, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
• What the demon’s question points out is that life’s goods and its bads relate not as either/or but as both/and.
  — Andrew Stark, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
• Kenny’s male model friend can relate to both sides of the issue.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2022
• Of the three on-field proposals, two relate to overtime.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2022
• That was something that people could kind of relate to and resonate with.
  — ELLE, 11 Aug. 2022
• Customers who relate well with the sales agent will be more likely to purchase.
  — Elie Y. Katz, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• The planet is on the line, issues that relate to prescription drugs.
  — CBS News, 23 Oct. 2022
• That’s why Amazon has become my go-to spot for all things golf and tennis related.
  — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2024
• The author relates the famous episode that followed the redoubtable Gen. John Pershing’s inspection of the division in which Marshall was serving.
  — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025