Her hand flickered out again, this time connecting with Gardener's ear.

"Hillary Clinton is going to have a hard time, frankly, connecting with upstate voters."

Stay close to them, and spend time connecting.

But some of the younger actors have a tougher time connecting with the verbally virtuosic Shavian types they must play.

She turned and Kate threw again, as hard as she could, this time connecting with Mom's shoulder.

Satanicide has had a more difficult time connecting with the masses.

"As a society, it would be better to work less and spend more time connecting socially."

In any case, she'd have a hard time connecting a rabidly right-wing senator to a couple of New York prostitutes.

So he had a hard time connecting to that character.