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
• At times, there seems to be a glimmer of rapprochement in their exchange of ideas.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
• But if anything the rapprochement with the White House has emboldened the new regime.
  — Karl Vick, Time, 5 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Trump has reversed some changes but has broadly left the rapprochement in place.
  — Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Rubio is in the forefront of those pushing for change in the Obama rapprochement.
  — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 June 2017
• Still, Berlin had largely priced in a rapprochement between Messrs Trump and Putin.
  — The Economist, 15 July 2017
• 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
• Trump has reversed some Obama policies but has kept the broad rapprochement in place.
  — Jessica Durando, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Such tests could endanger the North’s outreach and crush the current rapprochement.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• That's perhaps a message designed to reassure hawks in Moscow that the next Putin term will not see a rapprochement with the West.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Moscow’s early attempts at rapprochement with the West were nearing their finale.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• For at least ten years, serious rapprochement between Europe and Russia has seemed unlikely.
  — Julian Fisher, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024