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
• 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
• How will the series relate to the Percy Jackson movies?
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Other online records relate to Duchamp’s love of chess.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
• Even those who didn't grow up in the French countryside should be able to relate to the painful process of growing up in this charming game.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2022
• Back in the day, a lot of these kids were growing up in farming communities, and could not relate to the world around them.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 May 2022
• Nat Borchers can relate to what Valeri is going through.
  — oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2021
• So if something bad happened to me, people will be able to relate to it by seeing the story play out on the show.
  — Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 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
• Police did not immediately respond to a question about whether or how the two men are related.
  — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024