symbiotic

in a sentence

If the correspondents at the bar were inclined to talk more than they listened, in an instance of perfect symbiosis the hostesses were inclined to listen more than they talked.†  (source) Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, 2016

There was no melding with the child into symbiotic fleshy warmth.†  (source) Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres, 1991

There has been significant debate in the scientific community about whether desire is a symptom of a system infected with amor deliria nervosa, or a precondition of the disease itself It is unanimously agreed, however, that love and desire enjoy a symbiotic relationship, meaning that one cannot exist without the other.†  (source) Lauren Oliver, Delirium, 2011

Then Mr. Kingsley asked, "The condition in which a person may be able to hear colors or visualize flavors when music is played is called: Synthesis, Symbiosis, Synesthesia, Symbolism."†  (source) Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind, 2010

Which meant that these trees either lived in a symbiotic relationship with the algae, in a giving-and-taking that was to their mutual advantage, or, simpler still, were an integral part of the algae.†  (source) Yann Martel, Life of Pi, 2001

The Stables argue that a certain level of symbiosis is necessary between humanity and the Core.†  (source) Dan Simmons, Hyperion, 1989

It was Ishmael's job to set the impression meters and water fountains and to act in the role of fly boy; Arthur, who had formed over the years a symbiotic relationship with the machine, ducked in and out inspecting the plates and printing cylinders.†  (source) David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, 1995

That they had come to such symbiosis continually surprised Kathy.†  (source) Dave Eggers, Zeitoun, 2009

Hoss eventually developed what might be called a fruitful—or at least symbiotic—relationship with the man who was to remain his immediate superior: Adolf Eichmann.†  (source) William Styron, Sophie's Choice, 1976

Mrs. Smeath sitting, standing, lying down with her holy rubber plant, flying, with Mr. Smeath stuck to her back, being screwed like a beetle; Mrs. Smeath in the dark-blue bloomers of Miss Lumley, who somehow combines with her in a frightening symbiosis.†  (source) Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, 1988

Symbiotic, in a way.†  (source) Heather Brewer, Tenth Grade Bleeds, 2009

There was escape from the solitary cell; a brief symbiosis, sharing all the world... No one else knew the hidden Rosalind.†  (source) John Wyndham, The Chrysalids, 1955

Several white families live on the island in a paternalistic, but in many ways symbiotic, relationship with their neighbors.†  (source) Pat Conroy, The Water is Wide, 1972