How to Use connection in a Sentence

connection

noun
  • The school has no connection with the museum.
  • There is a fee for connection to the town's water supply.
  • Our family feels a deep connection to the land.
  • I'm not sure I see the connection.
  • The state plans to improve roads that serve as connections between major highways.
  • All classrooms will be wired for connection to the Internet.
  • Evidence suggests there's a connection between the languages.
  • Investigators found no connection between the two fires.
  • Both are stories of survival and connection, and both have lore that unraveled slowly.
    Radhika Menon, ELLE, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Certain details had to be engineered in order to enhance that connection.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2023
  • So, after an easy connection in Canada, travelers (and their bags) are off to nearly anywhere in the world.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
  • That was the sound of three very different indie-rock poets having a bash at joining their voices, yet finding that alchemical connection.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This sessionable quality makes sense, given its connection to the Wisconsin supper club days.
    Samantha Leal, Bon Appétit, 10 Oct. 2024
  • His worldwide fans, for better or worse, have decided that his comments and allegations don’t overpower their connection with his music.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Authorities have arrested two people in connection with the fatal shooting last month of a man who was trying to sell a car through social media, Arlington police said.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Their connection could also be the key to stopping a corrupt mayor set on turning Harmony into an Atlantic City for the Hoosier state.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The friends’ connection traces back to their teenage years.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And then to have enough faith and then love and connection with this man.
    Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • And there lies his connection with Andy Warhol and Prince.
    Michael Hussey, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
  • There are no overland connections to the rest of the country.
    Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024
  • During the first few episodes of the Netflix hit, fans watched as Chris, 28, formed a connection in the pods with Johnie, 32.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The warmth of the Sauna, the flicker of a connection with Zippi were unthinkable.
    Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Yet here, too, being child-free can be a point of connection.
    Holly Williams, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That name came from a place of deep feelings and the emotional connection to my roots.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The Sorting Hat put Hawk in Ravenclaw because of the bird connection.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Their stories show the connection of the ongoing violence there with the war in the south.
    Ines De La Cuetara, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And that's the connection to the land, which is inherent to our identity.
    Abc News, ABC News, 28 July 2023
  • So that connection is bonded through the many years of friendship and business.
    Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Their work is sold both at the hotel and in Cairo’s top design showrooms, thanks to Laila’s connections.
    Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2023
  • Those with the means and connections are fleeing to company towns.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024

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