relate
verb (used with object)
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
are relating
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present progressiveof relate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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So to dismiss this case as just celebrity gossip or fan worship is to deeply misunderstand the variety of ways in which people are relating to what they are seeing.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
They're compassionate about their experience and they're looking at how they're navigating the world, but they're also looking how other people are looking at them and how people are relating to them.
From Salon ● May 21, 2022
"He's kind of double-marginalised, being both gay and a refugee. So just the fact that people are relating to his story really means the world to him."
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2022
While the playwright generates affecting emotion throughout, a fair portion of the dialogue is used to deliver exposition and impassioned proclamations about the impact of contaminated water, even when characters are relating to each other.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Around a table the faithful are carrying on the love-feasts; martyrs are unswathing their limbs to show their wounds; old men, leaning on their staffs, are relating their travels.
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert
