Below you will find example sentences with "complicated relationship". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Complicated Relationship in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: complicated
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.8 words

Words in this phrase

complicated relationship

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • complicated can mean: Difficult or convoluted. Frequent word
  • relationship can mean: Connection or association; the condition of being related. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a very complicated relationship 1× a very complicated relationship with her 1× and her complicated relationship with an 1× be a complicated relationship but then 1× discuss his complicated relationship with his 1× explores the complicated relationship between joan 1× had a complicated relationship citation initially 1× had a complicated relationship with fame 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all the miyagi 1× daisy has a 1× despite the physical 1× egypt which shares 1× he feels stifled 1× hewson has long 1×

Common sentence endings:

a complicated man 1× american born chinese 1× an overbearing partner 1× and bitter foes 1× and global activist 1× and humorous writers 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

two 4× story 3× black 3× mother 3× latest 2× franchise 2× long 2× tells 2× artist 2× brother 2× eve 2× film 2×

Related phrases

romantic relationship too complicated

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around complicated:

too complicated 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

compliance officer complex plane complex numbers completion rate completion percentage completion date

Just after it in the phrase index:

component commander composite index comprehensive analysis comprehensive plan compression ratio computer displays

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

romantic relationship

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "complicated relationship" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a very complicated relationship, a very complicated relationship with her, two, story and black stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with romantic relationship, too complicated and too complicated, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with complicated relationship

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Do you have a complicated relationship with your stylist? (9 words)

It may be a complicated relationship, but then Packham is a complicated man. (13 words)

Mariah Carey, seen above with her brother, Morgan Carey, has a complicated relationship with her siblings. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The news is only the latest chapter in the story of McDonald’s complicated relationship with its black franchise owners and the wider black community, a relationship that forms the subject of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. (39 words)

He feels stifled by his grandmother, has a complicated relationship with his artist mother (Joan Chen), and gets into sibling screaming matches with his older sister (Shirley Chen), who's about to go to college. (35 words)

Season two of the hit series delves deeper into the very complicated relationship between British Intelligence investigator Eve (Sandra Oh), and the incredibly lethal assassin she's been assigned to capture, Villanelle (Jodie Comer). (34 words)

Question examples

Do you have a complicated relationship with your stylist? (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

Just as City have a complicated relationship with the Champions League, they have a complicated relationship with Madrid.

It may be a complicated relationship, but then Packham is a complicated man.

The news is only the latest chapter in the story of McDonald’s complicated relationship with its black franchise owners and the wider black community, a relationship that forms the subject of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America.

Despite the physical closeness, the two had a complicated relationship. citation Initially, they had a student-teacher relationship.

Daisy has a very complicated relationship with her mother, so she’s maybe a little more apprehensive, in general, to become close to anyone, male or female.

Do you have a complicated relationship with your stylist?

Egypt, which shares a border with and Gaza, has long had a complicated relationship with Hamas, not least due to its genesis as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.

It tells the fictional story of a girl who is navigating a complicated relationship with her mother as she comes into her own as an artist growing up in Hogan’s Alley.

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Naruto and Sasuke share a complicated relationship characterized by their roles as both teammates and bitter foes.

On Friday (6 January), ITV released the latest clip teasing the discussion, in which he appears to discuss his complicated relationship with his brother in more depth.

Screen Rant: I really love the complicated relationship between the two of you in American Born Chinese.

Season two of the hit series delves deeper into the very complicated relationship between British Intelligence investigator Eve (Sandra Oh), and the incredibly lethal assassin she's been assigned to capture, Villanelle (Jodie Comer).

She also recently produced a short film called “ which tells the story of a South Asian dancer who struggles with perfectionism, her future and her complicated relationship with an overbearing partner.

Their complicated relationship in the middle of grief is one of the strongest aspects of the film, and it makes the horror of it so much realer.

This early blackballing would reflect Pasolini's ultimately complicated relationship with the PCI and the Left in Italy.

All the Miyagi-Do kids, and especially for Kim Da-Eun, they have a very complicated relationship.

He feels stifled by his grandmother, has a complicated relationship with his artist mother (Joan Chen), and gets into sibling screaming matches with his older sister (Shirley Chen), who's about to go to college.

Hewson has long had a complicated relationship with fame — understandable given that her father is Bono, the U2 frontman and global activist.

Lili Anolik explores the complicated relationship between Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, who first met in June 1967, in this riveting account of two complex, elusive and humorous writers.

Mariah Carey, seen above with her brother, Morgan Carey, has a complicated relationship with her siblings.

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