How to Use reaction in a Sentence

reaction

noun

• The speed of his reactions saved his life.
• There hasn't yet been much reaction to the announcement.
• Their reaction to the news was positive.
• The announcement produced an angry reaction from most of the people at the meeting.
• My first reaction when I met him was not to trust him.
• A good driver has quick reactions.
• There has been strong reaction against the government's policies.
• When I told him what happened, his immediate reaction was one of shock.
• Overall, the Senate's reaction to the House bill has been mixed.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
• Byard sat in the courtroom waiting to hear his wife’s reaction.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• Some of the reaction was – and still is – brutally vicious.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• And if Swift’s reaction—along with that of friend and Globes date Keleigh Teller were anything to go on, the tidbit appeared to be juicy.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024
• By November, the reaction area had grown by 30 to 35 acres, according to the agency.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• Go back and look at what the reaction was when Michael Eisner was named president of Paramount.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 26 July 2023
• My reasons for returning have changed, but the reactions of friends haven’t.
  — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2023
• Their initial reactions to the fire were also caught on HBO cameras last week.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• Lainey shared a series of photos from the event, including one that got a big reaction from her fans and celebrity friends.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 12 June 2023
• His friend Joanne Carson and the writer Dotson Rader both claim to have seen the full thing, while the reactions of those featured have been the subjects of books of their own.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
• Jones was asked about his reaction to those coaching moments with Daboll.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Last year, in an interview with Time, Swift spoke briefly about the reactions her attendance at Chiefs games has caused.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• People are going to walk away having an extreme reaction to it, and that’s all her.
  — William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
• Overall, my fiancé and I are very hurt by their reactions and want nothing more than their love and support.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• In a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone, Idle spoke about some of the initial reactions to the film during an initial run of test screenings.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• The power of his performance is straightforward; the reaction has not been.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2023
• Here are some of our other favorite online reactions to the (puff, puff, pass) palindrome.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024
• The sentence, of course, was met with negative reaction.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 Aug. 2023
• The spiky Joshua tree evokes strong reactions: weird, unique, whimsical – and more often than not, a reference to Dr. Seuss.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
• That reaction stood in sharp contrast to the outcry in Serbia, where back-to-back mass shootings in May killed 17 people and wounded more than 20.
  — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• This isn't the first time Barrymore has opened up about the not-so-positive reactions her Playboy shoot has received over the years from loved ones.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2024
• Paxton felt confident that his fastball would play toward the latter part of the game, seeing the life and the hitters’ reaction to that pitch.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024