Sentence examples for combative relationships from inspiring English sources

Ms. Phillips-Matz is perceptive about the combative relationships Puccini had with his beleaguered librettists, especially Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

The Giudices, who made their mark on the Bravo series with their lavish lifestyle and combative relationships, held hands and were swarmed by media as they approached the U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday.

Gergen displaces George Stephanopoulos, who largely ran the campaign, but had a combative relationship with the press.

Mr. de Blasio, a former councilman, and Ms. Quinn have had a long and sometimes combative relationship.

Mr. Brown had, according to family members, a combative relationship with his father.

Mr. Sanford, like many politicians, has had an often combative relationship with the local news media.

Others, however, have a combative relationship with the video-sharing site.

"It has very quickly become a very combative relationship," said Lance DeHaven Smith, a professor at Florida State University's Institute on Government.

He envisions a less combative relationship with Wall Street and thinks that systemic reforms are best handled in Washington.

She doesn't have a combative relationship with the press or drive away young and Hispanic voters.

Mr. Cuomo, the state attorney general, and Mr. Spitzer have had a long, combative relationship, exacerbated by Mr. Cuomo's investigation of the Spitzer administration's handling of State Police travel records.