How to Use communicate in a Sentence

communicate

verb
  • He was asked to communicate the news to the rest of the people.
  • She communicated her ideas to the group.
  • The pilot communicated with the airport just before the crash.
  • The two computers are able to communicate directly with one another.
  • We communicate a lot of information through body language.
  • The disease is communicated through saliva.
  • If you're excited about the product, your enthusiasm will communicate itself to customers.
  • He communicated his dissatisfaction to the staff.
  • The couple has trouble communicating.
  • The job of the C-suite is to communicate, listen to the team and drive the boat forward.
    — Mike Weinberger, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2022
  • As in the film, the duo sometimes communicate across the room with a look.
    — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
  • But the show’s themes — the need to be oneself, the need to communicate — still shine through.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2022
  • There's a lot to learn and a lot to be able to communicate back here about what's going on in Ukraine.
    — CBS News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The Tour plans to communicate specifics on the events to players later this week.
    — Eamon Lynch, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some communicate that the lockdown is a drill at the start of the exercise.
    — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022
  • Being able to do that at a high speed and being able to communicate and be on the same page with 11 guys?
    — Dallas News, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Is there a kind way to communicate that her gifts are a burden?
    — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But that is the point of a living will – to communicate your wishes.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • Warnock had no way to communicate to staff that there was an emergency, the claim said.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
  • Troopers tried to communicate with Allen and tell her to stop.
    — Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022
  • As the record-setting crowd roared in the first quarter, the Dolphins couldn’t communicate play calls at the line of scrimmage.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2022
  • There are two main ways to communicate on Discord: text and voice.
    — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The idea of an open web where actors use common standards to communicate is as old as, well, the web.
    — Ben Klemens, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2023
  • There is pressure to communicate strength with concern and not to veer too close to the now-cliche Girlboss archetype.
    — Essence, 17 Aug. 2024
  • With no screen, the poor AI Pin can only communicate to the outside world via a cryptic light show.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
  • At some stops, your hosts will eeven attempt to communicate with the spirit world.
    — Ebony Williams, ajc, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Set a finite amount of time for the trip -- maybe two weeks -- and then communicate your boundaries before your sons get home.
    — Dear Annie, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Write it down or try and get a guitar just to learn a way to communicate — even just putting pen to paper about your feelings.
    — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 2023
  • There’s just no version where, in any department, any crew member, any actor, any director can communicate too much.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • Similarly, Harmon spokesman John Patterson said the Senate president communicated to court officials his support for the new rule.
    — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025

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