Or would the disgust be there at last, wiping out even the prickly relationship that had begun to grow?

The two have had a prickly relationship through the decades, but also much in common.

Forrester has a lot to show the boy, and a prickly relationship develops.

Despite his mostly prickly relationship with Cutler up until now, the bluntness of her comment startled him.

The second explores the often prickly relationship between writers and politics.

The two men have had a prickly relationship thus far, made even more so by a variety of disputes.

A relationship, however prickly, does not constitute a drama.

Despite a prickly relationship, they work together to identify the murderer.

At best, Mr. Merriman has a prickly relationship with the city.

Nevertheless he would continue to have a prickly relationship with many of his Labor colleagues for the rest of his life.