How to use "relate" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "relate" in popular movie and book plots

  • Surrounded by the mob, Bart begins to relate the events of the previous day.  - The Telltale Head
  • Early chapters relate Philip's experiences at his uncle's vicarage.  - Of Human Bondage
  • General Cummings has a soft spot for Lieutenant Hearn, the only officer he can relate to intellectually; they have many discussions together.  - The Naked and the Dead
  • Her father repeatedly laments his inability to relate to his daughter.  - At Heaven's Gate
  • Coached by a psychiatrist (Martin Gabel), Dunnigan tries to relate to the man on the ledge as one human to another.  - Fourteen Hours
  • The other three mothers relate the stories of their childhood.  - The Joy Luck Club (novel)
  • Jane attempts to become more nurturing, but is unable to relate to Fred as anything other than a case study.  - Little Man Tate
  • The four return to the Emerald City and relate their adventures.  - The Tin Woodman of Oz
  • Colorado persuades old Adams to relate the story of how he discovered the canyon.  - Mackenna's Gold
  • Athos and Raoul meet Aramis and Porthos who relate their predicament before receiving horses to aid their journey to Belle Île.  - The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later
  • The Lady and the beau depart in disgust, but the pedlar, having seen the Lady, is compelled to relate a tale.  - Joseph Andrews
  • They each relate that they "don't think about happiness very much anymore".  - Splendor in the Grass
  • Tom and Eva begin to relate to one another because of the deep Christian faith they both share.  - Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • The two of them relate in that both of them are from unmarried parents.  - All You Zombies
  • The mechanic twins seem to relate to this, realizing they should make peace.  - The Straight Story
  • When he returns home, he finds that he has been so affected by the war that he cannot relate to his friends, including his wife and lover.  - Death of a Hero

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