How to Use rapprochement in a Sentence

rapprochement

noun

• Officials hope that these talks will lead to a rapprochement with the rebels.
• The possibility of rapprochement between the two countries seems unlikely.
• The rapprochement has been in high gear since the spring of 2018.
  — Erasmus, The Economist, 24 July 2019
• But the rapprochement between Israel and the Arab world will change the region for the better.
  — Joshua S. Block, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018
• In the late 1990s, Gadhafi made steps toward rapprochement with the West.
  — CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
• His Social Democrats are steeped in the legacy of Cold War rapprochement.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
• More than a decade later, the timing is right for rapprochement.
  — Eric Hand, Science | AAAS, 21 May 2018
• And many will be hoping that Harry’s return will bring a rapprochement with his the rest of the Windsors.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• But a rapprochement decades in the making has picked up pace in recent years based in part in opposition to the West.
  — Joseph Torigian, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2022
• But the rapprochement, O’Neal later said, was only for the cameras.
  — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• There’s a sense of rapprochement with old-school West Coast rock mythology.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
• The two fell out after Harry and his wife, Meghan, moved to California in 2020, and there are no signs of a rapprochement.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• Against this backdrop, a rapprochement between Riyadh and Jerusalem could still have value, but only if the price is right.
  — Daniel C. Kurtzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2023
• Crown Prince Mohammed has been dropping hints that a formal rapprochement may be in the offing.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2019
• The rapprochement between the two countries followed the ascent to power in April of Mr. Abiy, who at 41 is one of the youngest leaders on the continent.
  — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 8 July 2018
• Few see rapprochement on the horizon, but few see war as likely either.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 25 May 2022
• Another boost by the rapprochement is in the realm of sports and entertainment.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2021
• But perhaps the most stunning rapprochement has been between the UAE and Turkey -- few saw that one coming.
  — Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
• As such, Xi may be fostering Saudi-Iran rapprochement as a hedge against that day.
  — Nic Robertson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• Any rapprochement with Tehran would mark a sharp change in course by the administration.
  — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
• Talk of a rapprochement with the Saudis, the world's largest exporter of oil, comes as gasoline prices continue creeping higher in the US.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 20 May 2022
• That doesn't mean a rapprochement with Tehran is immediately in the cards.
  — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021
• But for the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, this rapprochement would surely come too late.
  — Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2023
• The 1990′s led to a rapprochement between China and Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  — Huizhong Wu, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
• Trump, as is his wont, would have the world believe this rapprochement is the singular product of his deal-making genius.
  — Jonah Goldberg Tribune News Service (tns), Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
• Alaskan face-to-face between U.S. and Chinese officials was not the great signal of rapprochement that some were hoping for.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2021
• His motives for seeking a rapprochement are open to debate.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• In fact, fears of an Israeli-Saudi rapprochement may have been one of the key drivers of Hamas’s October 7 attack.
  — F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2023
• Obama’s rapprochement with Iran edged the regional balance of power away from the Persian Gulf states and Israel.
  — Trita Parsi, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• Moscow’s early attempts at rapprochement with the West were nearing their finale.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024